Christian Houge, "Untitled 17, Norway," 2010, detail view; ink on Canson Baryta paper, 47 x 33 inches
With wilderness becoming an increasingly finite entity, our interactions with non-domesticated animals grow more frequent, intimate, and often tragic: Pets deemed lost to coyotes or mountain lions lead to a war between species. Christian Houge's vividly rendered photographs of a pack of wolves - on view at Hosfelt Gallery through August 17 - wade into this rough ecological territory while addressing aesthetic concerns-elegantly composed, they also involve an almost performative process.
