A Strange Voyage
An off site exhibition at Depot II Gallery.
Every person, every culture holds the frame of their experience in front of them when viewing anything. This was especially true in 18th century England. In days long before digital communication, before even photography itself, art was the conduit through which distant lands and exotic flora and fauna were observed. In the all-too-human need to understand the "different" in terms of what is already known and comfortable, artists pictured the world beyond...
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