See Leoni Schmidt, “Anatomy Lessons: Michele Beevors as Eco-Political Agent,” Lagoonscapes 4, no. 1: 181–199.
Abstract: This article responds to the large scale sculptural work by eco-political artist
Michele Beevors, whose work has recently been extensively exhibited in New Zealand,
Australia, and Austria. She brings her audience close to the tragedies of eco-extinction
and the brutalities of human interaction with our vulnerable animal co-species. The
article considers her work through four frames: 1. Violence: Dissection and Restitution;
2. Death: Specimen and Requiem; 3. Grief: Solastalgia and Entanglement; and 4. Labour:
Materiality and Companionship. Through these four frames, the artist’s exploration of
human relationships with non-human forms of life is highlighted as based in decolonial,
feminist and activist values. The text includes memories and reflections from the au-
thor’s life where relevant to the themes presented by the artist.
Keywords: sculpture, eco-political, animal ethics, extinction, solastalgia, care
