Olivia Block
Lowlands, 2024 Video projection Courtesy of the artist* 2025.7 Bison, deer, antelopes, owls, a sea turtle, and a Today, through Block's work, the memory of the tiger-these animals may not immediately spring animals that perished over a hundred years ago to mind when thinking of the Nickerson Mansion. returns to haunt the mansion's walls. This work Yet, at the beginning of the last century, this explores how humans regard for animals has gallery, along with the hallways on the first and changed over time and serves as a reminder second floors, were adorned with countless that a taxidermy mount -through its passive taxidermy mounts. Lucius G. Fisher, who lived material essence-can never truly convey the here between 1900 and 1916, was inspired by complex emotional and social lives of animals President Roosevelt's passion for hunting-a by turning them into mere objects. key aspect of the President's character that defined modern American masculinity and kickstarted the nature conservation movement. *The artist would like to thank The National Park Service for generously allowing access to the Yellowstone National Park archives.
