Emily Arthur is an artist and Associate Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, received an MFA from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and served as Fellow at the Barnes Foundation for Theoretical and Critical Research. Select collections include Saint Louis Art Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Denver Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Museum of the American West, Autry Center and Crocker Art Museum. Arthur works with scientists, historians, and poets to elucidate the craft and knowledge-based disciplines of art and science. www.emilyarthur.org
“Feelings of loss suffuse this kind of memento mori, with a loosely rendered black bird juxtaposed next to a patterned chine-colle strip suggesting fading wallpaper.”