About This Piece

The work consists of life-size animal sculptures which the artist creates using explosives. Dentongraphy, a process which Rosenberg innovated, uses various metals such as copper, brass, stainless steel and black anodized aluminum. The metals are exploded into molds in the desert and later refined and treated by the artist at her studio. 

“Dominion” is an episodic piece on a 200 ft long facade on the National Western Stock Show Building. The piece includes flocks of sheep, pigs, goats, various farmhands, cows, children, and men on horseback. The name “Dominion” comes from the biblical injunction for man to have dominion over the animals. This is a position of protection which we must have for the animals in our care.