As scientific breakthroughs continue to affect virtually every aspect of our lives, an increasing number of artists have been examining the meaning and urgent implications of genetic research. These artists are engaging with science in innovative ways that will help us visualize what it means to be human in a genetic age. The artworks in "Paradise Now" explore the possibilities for health and human improvement generated by the decoding of the human genome and the impact of biotechnology on animal and plant life. 
Artists include: Mark Dion, Alexis Rockman, Carrie Mae Weems, Jin Lee, Suzanne Anker, many others 
Edited by Ian Berry. Introduction by Carole Kismaric and Marvin Heiferman. Afterword by Charles Stainback. 
50 color. 
7.75 x 11.25 in.

Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution

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Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum

This exhibition catalogue explores the problem of permanence versus mutability and the perception of time. AVLH features historical photographs and atlasses from the 16th century to the present, videos by Charles and Ray Eames and Bill Viola, drawings, sculpture, paintings and prints by Kiki Smith, Russell Crotty, John Torreano, Duane Michals, Vija Celmins, Karen Arm and Sebastian Romo, among others.

A Very Liquid Heaven

Ian Berry

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