1. Metamorphosis and
Transformation
…..metaformation?

2. One thing becomes another.
• met·a·mor·pho·sis
• noun: metamorphosis; plural noun: metamorphoses
• (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an
immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
• trans·for·ma·tion
• noun: transformation; plural noun: transformations
• a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.
• "its landscape has undergone a radical transformation"
• synonyms:change, alteration, mutation, conversion,
metamorphosis, transfiguration, transmutation, sea change;
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3. Where do we see transformation in
nature?

4. Seasons

5. Life Cycle

8. Evolution

9. In mythology

12. The Coyote “The Trickster”

13. Selkie

14. In art
• Metamorphosis in art can be expressed in all
FORMS.
• Photography, Painting, Drawing, Dance, Film,
Writing, Sculpture, Installation art.
• Metamorphosis is a concept of change and
transformation. An idea. Therefor art can be
the tool in which to express this idea.

15. Mc Escher Teselations

16. Salvador Dali

17. Photograph

18. Mathew Barney

19. Andy Warhol

20. Print

21. Cindy Sherman Film Stills

22. Sculpture