One student's artistic view: Work at the Wikoff

"Polar Bear, Desert Bear," colored pencil on paper

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A new exhibit in the Wikoff Student Gallery is now open. “Unnatural Selections: Environmental Illustrations by Vasyl Hereha” runs through June 6.

Hereha’s work consists of works on paper that explore contradictions in the natural world. In some cases, animals are subjected to unnatural habitats and conditions due to the inventions of man – oil spills, melting glaciers, inbreeding. In looking critically at the human impact on the environment, the work raises the question: What do we consider natural?

Hereha will discuss “Environmental Issues and Animal Cruelty: An Artistic Reflection” at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Visual Arts Building, Room 215, during Steinmetz Symposium.