Megan Greene

American, born 1976

155

Megan Greene (American, born 1976). 155, 2011. Mixed media on paper, 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (22.2 x 29.8 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Charles Clifton Fund, by exchange, 2012 (2012:2.2). © 2011 Megan Greene.

© Megan Greene

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© Megan Greene

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Megan Greene

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Megan Greene

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

155, 2011

Artwork Details

Materials

mixed media on paper

Measurements

sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (22.225 x 29.845 cm); framed: 14 11/16 x 11 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (37.31 x 29.21 x 3.81 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Charles Clifton Fund, by exchange, 2012

Accession ID

2012:2.2

Megan Greene’s meticulous aesthetic is reminiscent of Victorian botany drawings—an appropriate reference given her strong interest in images of flora and fauna. 135 and 155 hail from a body of work in which Greene recontextualized traditional bird prints by renowned ornithologist and painter John James Audubon (American, 1785–1851). These works merge colored pencil and graphite with collaged materials, including pages recycled from a 1965 edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. Greene’s intricate hybridizations reconceive the original plates, creating multilayered, intricate images; it is easy to get lost in the details. Organic elements become otherworldly, and playfulness overshadows purpose.

Label from Menagerie: Animals on View, March 11–June 4, 2017