{"id":19528,"date":"2017-07-26T14:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T19:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=news&p=19528"},"modified":"2017-08-29T10:49:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T15:49:46","slug":"matt-ziglers-natura-technica-featured-at-museums-nature-art-gallery-in-august","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/news\/matt-ziglers-natura-technica-featured-at-museums-nature-art-gallery-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Zigler\u2019s \u201cNatura Technica\u201d featured at Museum\u2019s Nature Art Gallery in August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RALEIGH, N.C. \u2014 The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences\u2019 Nature Art Gallery presents \u201cNatura Technica,\u201d a selection of paintings by Matt Zigler that delve into the natural and digital worlds, August 4\u201327. A Gallery reception honoring the artist will be held Saturday, August 5 from 2 to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Zigler is a painter, installation artist and writer who explores the complex relationships we have with animals and nature and the resulting attitudes towards the environment. \u201cIncreasingly we live in two worlds\u037e the outside world of nature, and the digital world of cyberspace,\u201d Zigler explains. \u201cThese seem like separate realms, able to refer to each other, but not to connect. In reality, the place they connect is within us. My work seeks to connect the digital and the natural. Natural materials presenting digital concepts, digital techniques that present natural themes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Exploring animals as exotic as African elephants and as mundane as common street pigeons, Zigler\u2019s work is informed by science, philosophy and personal encounters. He is the creator of a yearlong travelling installation called \u201cThe Pigeon PODS of Red Lahore,\u201d which was on view on Broad Street in Philadelphia, at the Green Hill Center in Greensboro, NC, and at SparkCon and the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC. He has been in group shows at The Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Viridian Artist\u2019s Inc. in New York, and Green Hill Art Center in Greensboro, NC. He has made site specific installations in Anderson Hall, The College of Art and Design of the University of the Arts, \u201cMade in the USA, NC\u201d at William Cozart Manufacturing in Raleigh, and at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, NC and the Durham Storefront Project. He earned his BA in fine art with a minor in philosophy at Elmira College in Elmira, NY, and his MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA.<\/p>\n

The Nature Art Gallery is accessible through the Museum Store. Hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 4:45 p.m. All exhibited art is for sale. For more information about the Nature Art Gallery, call 919.707.9854.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19529,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/19528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/19528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}