Richard Barnes
Richard Barnes
Ungulate Amid Man With Blue Crosses from the series Animal Logic, 2008/2010
Chromogenic contact print
14 x 18 in
Edition of 20
In his acclaimed series Animal Logic, Richard Barnes examines the intersection of natural history, scientific classification, and the human desire to collect and preserve the natural world. Photographing museum specimens, taxidermy, and institutional collections, Barnes reveals the complex relationship between nature and its representation. Ungulate Amid Man With Blue Crosses reflects his interest in the ways animals are transformed into objects of scientific study and display.
Richard Barnes is an American photographer whose work explores architecture, archaeology, museums, and the relationship between humans and the natural world. A recipient of the Rome Prize, his photographs have been exhibited internationally and are held in major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
This photograph is featured in Richard Barnes' monograph, Animal Logic (Princeton Architectural Press, 2009), and continues his investigation into the ways museums classify and display information, as the real and simulated coexist in ambiguous spaces. Barnes has been featured in numerous prestigious exhibitions worldwide, including the 2006 Whitney Biennial. His photographs are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the New York Public Library; and many others.