Dr Nicola Hooper The Giant Flea (detail) 2017. Hand-coloured lithograph on foam board, 100 x 100cm. Courtesy: the artist and Hurstville Museum & Gallery, Sydney.

Through drawing and lithography, artist Dr Nicola Hooper uses fairy-tale iconology and rhymes and associated anthropomorphism to both discuss and educate about zoonotic viruses (animal diseases that cross-over to humans). The exhibition ZOONOSES explores how we perceive certain animal hosts in the context of fear of their association to disease.

ZOONOSES is a touring exhibition of works by Dr Hooper presented by Logan Art Gallery, Logan City Council, in partnership with Museums & Galleries Queensland. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program and is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, sponsored by Haymes Paint.

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