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Shimera by Tyler Clark Burke is better than Grizzly Man, in fact it is the best show about bear attacks I have ever seen. The protagonists are Standing Bear and Trepanation Man. Their tender narrative adventure is finely wrought, 3D, in a series of spinning glass blocks. Says the artist:
These miniature cubes have become the perfect avenue for my death obsession. I love the idea of fleeting energy locked into glass--blocks which capture phantasms forever. Their glass is my brain, with laser beams melting and displacing molecules to leave little scars as memories of heat.I have been puzzling about the cultural myth of bear attacks for most of my life. Am I the only person who finds it somehow comforting when I hear in the news that a human has been killed by a wild animal? And if it's only me then why do we consistenly put teddy bears in babies' cribs? Tyler Clark Burke is all over this myth with her own delicate death wish. The format may be souvenir kitsch but the story is transcendent. Shimera is deft and lovely, and it is on view at Katharine Mulherin Gallery (upstairs) until July 1st.