Ursa Minora

Ursa Minora, Jesse Corlis, 2017. Appearing to push aside the shell of the concrete barrier as though it were fabric, an unsettlingly humanoid bear emerges. Adding to the strangeness of the scene, the background behind the bear is a luminous purple. Small bear cubs emerge from what appears to be the same space as the main bear at various locations around the pier. Corlis masterfully incorporated the connected drainage pipe and electric box into the work. A cub climbs the pipe while another cub hangs from the electric box, which is painted to look like a beehive. Ursa minora is latin for “the smaller bear,” or, “the little bear.”