Mallard Egg Research Testing Potential Chemical Contraceptives Designed to Manage Overabundant Canada Goose Populations. National Wildlife Research Center. Fort Collins, Colorado

Joann Brennan, Mallard Egg Research Testing Potential Chemical Contraceptives Designed to Manage Overabundant Canada Goose Populations. National Wildlife Research Center. Fort Collins, Colorado, 2000, chromogenic print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, 2010.67, © 2000, Joann Brennan
Copied Joann Brennan, Mallard Egg Research Testing Potential Chemical Contraceptives Designed to Manage Overabundant Canada Goose Populations. National Wildlife Research Center. Fort Collins, Colorado, 2000, chromogenic print, sheet: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, 2010.67, © 2000, Joann Brennan

Artwork Details

Title
Mallard Egg Research Testing Potential Chemical Contraceptives Designed to Manage Overabundant Canada Goose Populations. National Wildlife Research Center. Fort Collins, Colorado
Artist
Date
2000
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61.0 cm)
Copyright
© 2000, Joann Brennan
Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice
Mediums Description
chromogenic print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — bird — duck
  • Object — foodstuff — egg
  • Figure — fragment — hand
Object Number
2010.67
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2010.67

Artwork Description

In her Managing Eden series, Joann Brennan grappled with the question of how we sustain wildness in a human world. Here, Brennan captured the work of scientists attempting to control Canada goose populations. Canada geese have become a threat to public health in suburban areas where green spaces and artificial waterways offer ideal habitats. Brennan’s image considers the necessity of human intervention to maintain the balance between human needs and those of avian populations.


The Singing & the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art, 2014