Gallery 16 is pleased to present ‘Cloned’ by San Francisco-based artist Alice Shaw in her the sixth solo exhibition with the gallery. Using imagery of a single sheep, the artist examines the tension between the antiquated photo subject and the contemporary perspective. Serving as a potent symbol, the sheep is a stand-in allowing Shaw to reference a past era—a time when farm animals were more ubiquitous in early-twentieth-century photography—and the cloning ability of the photograph with its near limitless ability to reproduce multiples from a single original. The new collection continues Shaw’s exploration on dichotomy and duplication while marking a shift in her practice with an outward-versus-autobiographical perspective. ‘Cloned’ is comprised of photographic works that include both traditional and digital photos, stereo images and sculptural pieces.
