Sentences with phrase «employed taxidermy»

In this solo exhibition of installation - based works, Taku Dazai employs a taxidermied cast of characters — a rattlesnake, an owl, a mountain goat and a mouse — in order to explore boyhood fascination with animals in battle.

Employing taxidermy for the first time, the work signalled a move from construction paintings into assemblage.

Not exact matches

So when Idris Khan does a photographic version of St. Paul's Cathedral, or Kelly McCallum employs victorian taxidermy in her version of The Queen (Swan), we don't think twice.

The range of objects and other contemporary junk materials employed within the genre is well illustrated in the works of Joseph Beuys (1921 - 86), such as Eurasia Siberian Symphony (1963, panel, chalk drawing, felt, fat, hare, painted pole, Museum of Modern Art NYC); Ed Kienholz (1927 - 94), such as Back Seat Dodge»38 (1964, truncated Dodge automobile, resin, paint, fiberglass, clothing, chicken wire, beer bottles, plaster, Los Angeles County Museum of Art); Niki de Saint - Phalle (1930 - 2002), such as her Monster of Soisy (1963, paint, various objects, metal frame, George Pompidou Centre); Marisol (b. 1930), such as her Woman and Dog (1964, wood, plaster, synthetic polymer, taxidermied dog head, and miscellaneous items, Whitney Museum of American Art).