April 17 – July 30, 2003
Artist Reception: April 17, 2003, 5 – 8pm
Zootech: Tim Jag’s Strange World of Plants and Animals

Oakland Museum Sculpture Court
1111 Broadway
Oakland, California
The Oakland Museum of California Sculpture Court at City Center is a collaboration between the Oakland Museum of California and the 1111 Broadway Building.

Professional Services Exhibition Archive

Tim Jag, Industry Codes/Black Panther, 2003

The works themselves trigger a response of recognition yet appear simultaneously strange and familiar to our eyes. For the audience, the artist’s blending of organic characters with industrial elements raises the question of what is real vs. what is fake as we attempt to reconcile what is true form and what is simulated.

Tim Jag, Industry Codes/6 Times, 2003

The artist’s delight in the discrepancy between his rural subjects and their industrial structure is palpable. His sculptures are self-consciously artificial, departing from the conventional animal and plant forms to revel in the representation itself. With their spindly legs, vivid fake fur and synthetic plant extremities, these ambiguous creatures conjure a manufactured experience to reflect current developments in today’s culture – biotechnology, pop culture, fabrication systems, fashion industry and design theory.