
Megan Greene (American, born 1976). 135, 2011. Mixed media on paper, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (29.8 x 22.2 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Charles Clifton Fund, by exchange, 2012 (2012:2.1). © 2011 Megan Greene.
© 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.

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




Megan Greene
American, born 1976
135, 2011
mixed media on paper
sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (29.84 x 22.22 cm); framed: 14 11/16 x 11 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (37.31 x 29.21 x 3.81 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Charles Clifton Fund, by exchange, 2012
2012:2.1
More Details
Inscriptions
Provenance
Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago;February 28, 2012, purchased by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Class
Work Type
Information may change due to ongoing research.Glossary of Terms
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
Related Content
-
-
-
Blog Post
Exhibition Spotlight—Menagerie: Animals on View—Birds
March 17, 2017Learn MoreLearn More