Artwork copyright Nancy Goss. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Nancy Goss. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Illustrated Man, 1991

Nancy Goss
American (born 1954)

Location: Tacoma Community College, Tacoma

About the Artwork

Illustrated Man is an example of artist Nancy Goss' narrative photographic collages. Composed in a grid, she combines images and illustrations to create visual stories. Her compositions explore scientific processes, dreams, intuitions, and myths. Nancy Goss created this series for Multiples: The Sciences and Art (1991), an exhibition of ten microcollections commissioned to tour Washington State school districts. The microcollections offer different perspectives of ten artists exploring ideas and issues related to science, and ask students to re-consider assumed and widely accepted aspects of science.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Tacoma Community College.

About the Artist

California-based artist Nancy Goss creates photographic collages using images from literature, text books, newspaper articles, and other sources. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in 1976. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1979.