Animal Attractions

Artist Tamar Hirschl, an Israeli by way of Zagreb, knows all too well what it means to be displaced: She arrived in the promised land after losing her father to a concentration camp and living through World War II as a refugee, only to find more unrest in a struggling new state surrounded on all sides by its ancient enemies. The artist (who works in numerous mediums, including cast-acrylic sculptural collage and large-scale murals on vinyl) came to address that sense of displacement with images of deer — representative, she states, "of the fragility of all animal life in the face of human intervention."

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Hirschl's deer, and her general theme of the destructive effects of progress, form the anchoring platform for Symbiosis, a new exhibit at the Mizel Museum that also includes paintings by Mark McGinnis (from his lovely folk-tale picture book, Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories) and Debra Callan's intricately woven, beaded tapestries stretched over gourds.

Symbiosis continues through May 1 at the museum, 400 South Kearney Street; for information about additional events offered in conjunction with the exhibit, go to www.mizelmuseum.org or call 303-394-9993.
Jan. 31-May 1, 2008