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A four panel painting, in which the right panel is of the spine and the center panel has various animal vertebrates across four wooden panels. The center panel is a large, red, and full of red blood cells and hemolymphs, while the left two panels are a cropped painting of a green, metallic beetle, and a white diagram of the beetle's anatomy.

(In)vertebrates

Morgan Granzow

Oil on Canvas

Undergraduate
(In)vertebrates explores the classification system of species through the relationship between invertebrates and vertebrates. Animals are classified by the presence or absence of vertebrae, creating an interesting dynamic between vertebrates, species with spines, and invertebrates, species without spines. Furthermore, while vertebrates function by having red blood cells, invertebrates contain hemolymphs, a fluid surrounding the tissues to transport nutrients and wastes throughout the body, analogous to blood in vertebrates. Each panel establishes the intertwined relationship between science and art, proposing that one cannot exist without the other, and exhibits a work of art where each concept can equally coexist.