Artwork copyright Nancy Goss. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Sweet Dreams, 1991

Nancy Goss
American (born 1954)

Location: Highline College, Des Moines

About the Artwork

Sweet Dreams 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 micro-collections commissioned to tour Washington State school districts. The micro-collections offer different perspectives of ten artists exploring ideas and issues related to science. They also ask students to re-consider assumed and widely accepted aspects of science.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Highline 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.