Martha Glowacki is a current artist from Milwaukee whose work is inspired by the natural sciences, the power of objects and artifacts, and the psychology of collecting. From a young age, she was inspired by the skeletons in her local museums. Her art is made up of scientific illustrations. Her art is a collection of woodwork, metalwork, etching, painting and taxidermy. She has an antique aesthetic. In addition to her more traditional work, Glowacki puts on extraordinary displays of objects she acquires. For example, she has a collection of cabinets filled with odds and ends and these are one of her works of art. Display is important in her work. What interests me is her Starry Transit installation at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. This installation is inspired by planetarium experiments which showed that birds rely on star positions for their migration patterns. I am attracted to the antique aesthetic of her work, and her prints showing illustrations of natural sciences.
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