John Casey
This exhibition, by the Oakland-based artist, features surreal drawings and sculptures, showcasing his oddball and absurd creations of genetically modified organisms. Humankind has been altering plants, animals and itself since emerging out of the primordial ooze. Now, as the world stands on the precipice of environmental collapse, our ever-inventive species will continue to modify the world for both survival and for entertainment and distraction (note various breeds of toy dogs). As we modify ourselves, physically and psychologically, in a godlike attempt to adapt to human-made environmental and societal chaos, the results are ridiculous creations, a new form of art in a brave new world. Not just genetically modified, but giddily, goofily, and gorgeously modified.
