Laura Ball
San Diego, California
Laura's work is a psychoanalytical/environmental project that digs into the collective unconscious.
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Zanesville Mandala is based on the tragedy in October 2011, when the exotic animal collector, Terry Thompson, opened the cages in his private zoo in Zanesville, Ohio, and released 56 wild animals. Most of the animals were killed.
Collection of the Denver Art Museum, a gift of the Eleanor and Henry Hitchcock Foundation. This piece was part of the "Stampede: Animals in Art" show at the museum in 2017. It was also in my solo show "Minotaur" at the David B Smith Gallery, Denver, CO in 2012.