{"id":3609,"date":"2016-10-09T11:31:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T15:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artthescience.com\/magazine\/?p=3609"},"modified":"2020-08-18T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:13:09","slug":"creators-christopher-marley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artthescience.com\/magazine\/2016\/10\/09\/creators-christopher-marley\/","title":{"rendered":"CREATORS – Christopher Marley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name:<\/strong> Christopher Marley<\/p>\n

Which came first in your life, the science or the art?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my mind, they were simultaneous.\u00a0 I can’t remember ever not wanting to be an artist and I can’t remember ever not being enthralled by the more arcane elements of nature.\u00a0 I’ve been a lover of beauty and of the process of discovering it in neglected places as long as I can remember.<\/p>\n

\"Christopher

Museum Aesthetica<\/p><\/div>\n

Which sciences relate to your art practice?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Entomology, Aviculture, Herpetology, Conchology,\u00a0Geology,\u00a0Paleontology, Botany, Teuthology,\u00a0Ichthyology to name a few.\u00a0 There are not many life sciences that do not pertain at least\u00a0tangentially\u00a0to my work.<\/p>\n

\"Christopher

Feather Mosaic<\/p><\/div>\n

What do you use to create your artworks?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I work exclusively with actual natural artifacts and specimens.\u00a0 It is rare that I ever even work with specimens that have color restored – though it is essential in some of the vertebrates – but all of my mediums are authentic specimens.\u00a0 I also shoot all of the images of my work, but consider my\u00a0photography\u00a0as incidental\u00a0to the work.<\/p>\n

Museum Brittlestar<\/p><\/div>\n

Artwork\/Exhibition you are most proud of:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I’m not quite ready to reveal the composition I’ve been working on for two years now, but it is quite spectacular if I may say so.\u00a0 I’ll just say that it is comprised of reclaimed reef sharks and will reveal it soon.<\/p>\n

\"Christopher

Old World Chameleons<\/p><\/div>\n

Is there anything else you want to tell us?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my mind, there is little separating art and life sciences.\u00a0 It is like trying to extricate dance from music.\u00a0 Art’s purpose is to heighten our aesthetic sensibilities, to sharpen our ability to experience beauty, to empathize with those life systems we come into contact with, to derive pleasure or stimulation from our interaction with arranged elements, in whole or in part.\u00a0 How does nature differ?\u00a0 We dance with it and within it.\u00a0 The aesthetics (or art) of nature is the\u00a0rhythm\u00a0we move to.<\/p>\n

Museum Inflorescence<\/p><\/div>\n

Artist links: Pheromonegallery.com<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0cmarley.com<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Christopher

Fish Mosaic<\/p><\/div>\n

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