The Sunday Telegraph London, October 6th, 2002
Metamorphing
The Darwin Centre
Rodney Graham
Basil Beattie
Art definitions are woolly enough without undefined theme shows, and no theme could be woollier than Metamorphing at the Science Museum (until January 26). Metamorphosis means "a complete change of form", which could describe any work of art ever made. The arbitrariness of Marina Warner and Sarah Bakewell's selection compounds the problem.
Basically it is to do with "the body" and, as such, has something for everyone; but the attempt to clarify by sections - 1. Supernatural Bodies (Gods & Demons - Spirits & Animals); 2. Bodies in ...
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