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"The Sphinx Moth: A Work Of Art" Beyond Bones, Guest Blog For The Houston Museum Of Natural Science, Chad Erpelding

Chad Erpelding

"The overlap between art and science is a subject rich with potential and currently being investigated by many artists. Damien Hirst suspends animal specimens in large tanks of formaldehyde. Olafur Eliasson, who is currently having a major survey of his work at the Dallas Museum of Art, explores weather systems and natural phenomena. Mel Chin worked closely with a scientist in realizing his piece Revival Field, which uses plants to remove toxic metals from a polluted site. So when Dr. William Godwin, entomologist at Stephen F. Austin State University and adjunct curator at HMNS, brought up the idea of a …