Suzanne Anker
Suzanne Anker (born August 6, 1946) is an American visual artist and theorist. Considered a pioneer in
bioart, she has been working on the relationship of
art and the
biological sciences for more than twenty five years. Her practice investigates the ways in which
nature is being altered in the 21st century. Concerned with
genetics,
climate change,
species extinction and toxic degradation, her work calls attention to the beauty of life and the "necessity for enlightened thinking about nature's 'tangled bank'." Anker frequently assembles with "pre-defined and found materials" botanical specimens, medical museum artifacts, laboratory apparatus, microscopic images and geological specimens.
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