Art review: Fieldworks — Animal Habitats in Contemporary Art

Lewis Glucksman Gallery, UCC

Animals are a valuable subject for artists, who have striven to capture their power, grace and beauty — or used those attributes to convey the status of kings and heroes, or the wealth of the aristocracy.

‘Fieldworks’, however, examines the more utilitarian question of how we view animal habitats — including the natural and urban environments in which they dwell, or the enclosures we create for their study and observation.