Natural Selection

Arts@Trinity
Leeds
Private view:
2nd October 2009 7.30pm
Exhibition continues:
3rd - 15th October 2009

As the world celebrates the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the century-and-a-half of scientific progress that came in the wake of his 1859 On the Origin of Species, it is worth remembering that Darwin had neither the first nor the last word on the contentious topic of evolution. Indeed, the idea itself evolved from early roots in ancient China and the medieval Islamic Empire, through to the scientifically muddled theories of Lamarck and other modern writers who paved the way for Darwin. Since then the idea has continued to evolve hand-in-hand with developments in genetics and other advanced fields.

The exhibition features work by Alan Gummerson, Linda Thompson, Hillary Burt, Scott Senogles, Rebecca Strain, Louise Atkinson, George Hainsworth, Lucy Hainsworth, Anton Harding, Andrew Pert, Gert Van Hoff, Malcolm Halliwell, John Adamson, Terry Hammill and Larna Campbell.