Sentences with phrase «cabinets of curiosity containing»

A riveting artist whose dual investigations of ecological issues and archival resources have yielded everything from large - scale installations — entire overgrown felled trees, greenhouses, etc. — to 19th - century - style cabinets of curiosity containing a richly macabre array of dead animals that operate as invocations of both death and practical knowledge.

Beginning with Chapter 1, titled Extraordinary Journeys, Gyger invites viewers to interact with a cabinet of curiosities containing original manuscripts and drawings from Jules Verne, as well as James Gurney's Dinotopia series.

This cabinet of curiosities contains the Horniman's stuffed walrus, a glass jellyfish, as well as contemporary works by Pablo Bronstein, Tacita Dean and Gerard Byrne (till 15 Sep).