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These prints from Isabella Kirkland’s Taxa series examine various aspects of plant and animal conservation through the intersections of artmaking and science. Inspired by 17th-century Dutch still-life paintings and the tradition of artist-naturalists who worked to study and document the natural world, this series is a culmination of years of detail-driven research, which you can view in the print keys available here.

Humans collect wildlife for a range of reasons, including the scientific study of rare species, ownership, and acclaim. Collection highlights some of these examples. Back features species that once neared extinction but have since rebounded. Though humans often play a role in the decimation of species, intervention efforts such as habitat manipulation or species reintroduction can provide avenues for repair and regrowth. The species in Gone have all gone extinct since the mid-1800s. Human interactions with the environment that led to the degradation of natural habitats have irreversibly impacted plants, animals, and their entire ecosystems.

From the 2026 exhibition American Pop, curated by Jami Powell (Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of Indigenous Art), Evonne Fuselier (Hood Museum Board of Advisors Mutual Learning Fellow, Curatorial), and Beatriz Yanes Martinez (former Hood Museum Board of Advisors Mutual Learning Fellow, Curatorial, 2021-2024)

Course History

REL 37, Animal Rights in Religion, Catherine Randall, Winter 2013

REL 37, Animal Rights in Religion, Catherine Randall, Winter 2014

COLT 49, Beasts on the Page, Paul Carranza, Spring 2014

WRIT 5, After Humans, Christian Haines, Winter 2015

Exhibition History

American Pop, Churchill and Dorothy Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 13, 2025 - November 7, 2025.

Provenance

Booklyn Artists Alliance, Brooklyn, New York; sold to present collection, 2011.

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