Lyman Allyn Museum to celebrate the colorful beauty of insects

The Lyman Allyn Museum in New London, Connecticut, will be hosting “Small Wonders: Insects in Focus,” a new exhibition by visual artist Bob Sober, from April 6 through July 23.

In this presentation, Sober uses new technology and innovative photographic methods to capture beautiful and brightly colored insects in intricate detail in 30 large-scale photographs that, according to the museum, “explore the intersection of art and science.”

“Small Wonders aims to inspire our natural curiosity to understand the form, function, and diversity of nature,” said the museum”™s website. “Large, high-resolution images reveal how insects display elements we attribute to good design or beautiful artwork. Colors like neon green, sapphire blue, crimson red, deep violet, and brilliant yellow are all part of the insect world. Wild, multi-colored patterns come from hair, iridescent scales, and from colors integral to the insect”™s exoskeleton. Smooth metallic finishes and heavily stippled texture may exist on the same insect. Strange body shapes, delicate wing structures, and beautifully engineered body components captivate the eye. These tiny creatures are indeed artwork, in every sense of the word.”

More information on the exhibition can be found on the museum”™s website.

Photo: Bob Sober, Scarab Beetle (Heterorrhina macleayi) red, 2015; digital image printed on aluminum, 36 x 24 inches; Courtesy of art”™s IMPORTANT, LLC.