LEIGH ANNE LESTER
MIXED MEDIA

ARTIST STATEMENT
"My work addresses the place between the genesis of genetic modification and its possible aftereffects. Genetic modification offers humans the resources and means to change the composition of species from the microscopic level to the macroscopic system; to change the composition of a species by deleting or adding an attribute to suit our own desires. But, what is disposable? Too often we don’t have a clear view of what the ramifications will be for a plant that has been altered or the species that depend upon it for survival. The new outcome of this potentiality can capsize a natural balance or create a new species for that balance. This possibility is as exciting as it is frightening. There is beauty in the unknown."

— Leigh Anne Lester

SPACEINBETWEEN | Mixed media, shadowbox - Part of the online exhibition, "April Dressed in All Its Trim" with guest curator, Paula Owen