Animal Menagerie Exhibit at Portland Museum of Art

The Portland Museum of Art is exhibiting an "Animal Menagerie". This is a collection of art by different artists using a variety of mediums. The exhibit runs until November 9th.

From the earliest examples of American art until the present day, images of animals serve as vehicles for meaning. Native and exotic creatures alike help artists to explore issues of identity: the quality and nature of being American or foreign, human or beast, wild or civilized, innocent or worldly. These are all issues that artists grapple with in American Menagerie. Featuring 25 works drawn primarily from the Museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition features artists such as Dahlov Ipcar, Bernard Langlais, Will Barnet, Wendy Kindred, Scott Leighton, and Edward Hicks.

Read more on this exhibit in the news article "Animal Menagerie Portland Museum of Art exhibit appeals to children, yet is sophistitcated", by Pat Davidson Reef, Sun Journal, October 21, 2008. To learn more click on info about museums in Maine.