Mark Dion explores human conceptualisation, interpretation and exploitation of the natural world to create a “culture of nature” which is a mirror for ideologies, historical narratives and power structures. His work uses taxonomic, archivist and museological practices to expose the ways in which science, classification systems, hunting and colonialism have shaped our understanding of animals and the natural world, and how human expansionism vis-à-vis the natural world threatens the planet’s flora and fauna. In Hunting Standard, which is comprised of five banners, the slain animals are presented in the style of medieval military standards and heraldic motifs, highlighting the connection between domination and the vanquishing of animal life for pleasure. In Men and Game, the artist investigates an age old tradition since the invention of photography: the portraits of humans, mainly men, standing next to their dead prey. In The Cuts the focus is placed on how meat is cut up and therefore on the process by which the animal is divested of its identity to become a commodity. In Marine Trophic Pyramid Chart n°515, Dion creates simple forms to represent the organisms that make up the trophic pyramid, including both waste and living organisms in the categories of producers, primary and secondary consumers. Finally, Camarasaurus supremus references the practice of scientific classification and the visualisation of prehistoric specimens, commenting on how human knowledge shapes the way we perceive the past of the natural world.