Ryan Taber

A Rhetoric of Ills; The Ekologie of Ornament at the Causatum of Stillness
September 9 - October 7, 2006
Installation view
Installation view
Installation view
Installation view
Installation view
Guimard's Annexation of Antonioni's Mirage: Landscape excerpt from Zabriskie point with Desert Fox Den, Pygmy Owl Nest, Saguaro Cactus and the right side of the Palais Royal Metro Station, 2006 Wood, thermoset plastic, polyester resin, polyurathane foam 5 x 12 x 4 feet
Guimard's Annexation of Antonioni's Mirage: Landscape excerpt from Zabriskie point with Desert Fox Den, Pygmy Owl Nest, Saguaro Cactus and the right side of the Palais Royal Metro Station (DETAIL), 2006 Wood, thermoset plastic, polyester resin, polyurathane foam 5 x 12 x 4 feet
Guimard's Annexation of Antonioni's Mirage: Landscape excerpt from Zabriskie point with Desert Fox Den, Pygmy Owl Nest, Saguaro Cactus and the right side of the Palais Royal Metro Station (DETAIL), 2006 Wood, thermoset plastic, polyester resin, polyurathane foam 5 x 12 x 4 feet
Guimard's Annexation of Antonioni's Mirage: Landscape excerpt from Zabriskie point with Desert Fox Den, Pygmy Owl Nest, Saguaro Cactus and the right side of the Palais Royal Metro Station (DETAIL), 2006 Wood, thermoset plastic, polyester resin, polyurathane foam 5 x 12 x 4 feet
(Untitled) Charpentier's Music Stand, 1901 with Haeckel's DiscoMeduse, 1904 and D'Annunzio's SVA 9, 1918 2006 Thermoset plastic, Wood, Epoxy 40 x 11 x 11 inches
(Untitled) Charpentier's Music Stand, 1901 with Haeckel's DiscoMeduse, 1904 and D'Annunzio's SVA 9, 1918 (DETAIL), 2006 Thermoset plastic, Wood, Epoxy 40 x 11 x 11 inches
(Untitled) Charpentier's Music Stand, 1901 with Haeckel's DiscoMeduse, 1904 and D'Annunzio's SVA 9, 1918 (DETAIL), 2006 Thermoset plastic, Wood, Epoxy 40 x 11 x 11 inches
The Dwelling of Mark Frachette's Eidolon; Sumac Bush from outside the Frederick C. Robie House, 1908-1910, with abandoned Trochilidae Kolibris nest, 2006 Glass, zinc, thermoset plastic 34 x 45 x 30 inches
The Dwelling of Mark Frachette's Eidolon; Sumac Bush from outside the Frederick C. Robie House, 1908-1910, with abandoned Trochilidae Kolibris nest (DETAIL), 2006 Glass, zinc, thermoset plastic 34 x 45 x 30 inches
Ray W. Evans House, 1908: Sighting of a cross specie mating pair. White-Muffed Fan Tail, Female & Magenta-Crest Thistle Throat, Male, 2006 Graphite and Watercolor on Paper 38 1/2 x 33 inches
J. Kribben Ingalls House, 1909: Sighting of a newly identified Red-Crown Feather Neck, 2006 Graphitte and Watercolor on Paper 38 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches
Harley Bradley House, 1910: Sighting of a newly identified D'Annunzios' emerald-crest numb-neck, 2006 Graphite and Watercolor on Paper 38 1/2 x 22 inches
Ferdinand F. Tomek House, 1904-1906 with Capanariae Glockenpolypen, Plate 45. Kunstformen der Natur, 1904, 2006 Graphite and Watercolor on Paper 48 1/4 x 38 1/2 inches
Frederick C. Robie House, 1908-1910, with Discomedusae, Plate 8. Kunstformen der Natur, 1904, 2006 Graphite and Watercolor on Paper 53 1/4 x 34 1/2 inches
Susan Lawrence Dana House 1902-1904, with Siphonophore, Plate 7. Kunstformen der Natur, 1904, 2006 Graphite and Watercolor on Paper 50 1/4 x 35 1/2 inches
Taliesin Quartzite, Teddy Bear Cholla (Opuntia Bigelovii) and Palais Royal right lamp post light housing, 2006 Watercolor on Paper 30 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches
Taliesin Quartzite, Graham's Pincushion (Mamillaria Grahamii) and Palais Royal Rear, Right fence Post. Concrete footing intact, 2006 Watercolor on Paper 29 x 20 1/2 inches
Taliesin Quartzite, Brittle Bush (encilia Farinosa) and Palais Royal single cartouche, right fence, intact, 2006 Watercolor on Paper 20 1/2 x 29 inches
Ernst Haeckel's Trochilidae Kolibris Nest, 1904, with materials from the Tree Of Life, Darwin D. Martin house, 1903-5, Buffalo New York, scavenged by Gabrielle D'Annunzio's SVA 9 from the great Vienna Raid of August 9th 1918, and displaying Antonioni's avian ornamentation from Zabriskie Point, 1970, 2006 Watercolor on Paper 26 1/2 x 42 1/2 inches