Intelligent Design
Interspecies Art

Nicolas Primat with Patrick Munck

Nicolas Primat was a unique and inspiring artist who passed away in 2009 at the age of 42. In residencies at zoos and labs, Primat worked closely with apes and monkeys, exploring and engaging in the social worlds of the human's closest relatives. His intuitive performances with primates show a human who learned how to ingratiate himself with other species. In Family Portrait, the artist is swarmed by a playful troop of squirrel monkeys.

Nicolas Primat Artist biography PDF

Links to artist:

http://www.cornerhouse.org/art/info.aspx?ID=386&page=0