The paintings and works on paper that comprise Ye's second solo
exhibition Animal Portraits echo the age old literary practice of using animals as protagonists such as the much loved Tortoise and the Hare from Aesop's Fables, the legend of Rabbit in the Moon and the complex characters of George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Not exact matches
Additionally, the
exhibition presents three earlier series of
portraits that investigate the inner lives of particular
animals: Reverie (2005) depicts gray wolves, alone and in packs, in forested nature preserves in Sweden, Norway, and the United States; Palermo 7 (2006) contains close - up
portraits of racehorses, with their heads tethered in place in their hippodrome stalls in Italy and France; and Heart Shaped Hole (2008) depicts stray dogs, adapting in different ways to the privation they experience on the streets of Palermo.
The
exhibition is composed of a series of photographic
portraits that document sculptures made out of
animal skin and body parts, using untreated pigskin, raw meat for the lips, and fresh pigs» eyes.
The
exhibition is composed of a series of photographic
portraits that document sculptures made out of
animal skin and body parts, using untreated pigskin, raw meat for the lips, and fresh -LSB-...]
Uptown News profiles Monica Hui Hekman whose work «Manta Ray» and book «
Animals on Land:
Portraits & Poetry» are featured as part of our «Edge of the Ocean»
exhibition through May 21st.
The
exhibition will also include early Golub paintings that reflect his study of antiquity, his series of unsettling
portraits of the Brazilian dictator Ernesto Geisel, and works on paper rendered in a raw, visceral style depicting subjects from political figures and victims of violence to nude forms and
animals.
For this solo
exhibition at the Esker, Genda has added five new
portrait - style collaged drawings of
animals, using similar techniques to Panorama.