Sentences with phrase «taxidermy work»

HB: Does that have anything to do with the taxidermy work?

You planned the perfect hunt, took down your big prize, and have gone to great lengths to get taxidermy work done so you can display your trophy.

With more than 60 artists represented, many of the pieces are larger - than - life works that are sure to make a statement — from taxidermy works by Polly Morgan to ethereal works by Paul Fryer.

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Their work provides the first example in which DNA from taxidermy specimens is used to answer questions about livestock genetics.

Møller worked with a taxidermy shop in Denmark, which had data on nearly 4000 birds brought in to be stuffed since 1960.

Like the best of Argento's work, Deep in the Woods borrows heavily from Hitchcock, annexing the taxidermy, bird imagery, shower fear, and keyhole voyeurism of Psycho.

The selection of works ranges in date from 1997 to the present, including video and small - to large - scale sculptures (made of silicone, fiberglass, human and animal hair, taxidermied peacocks, polyester, nylon, wool, plastic and bronze).

The almost manic sense of exhilaration expressed in the mash - up — fans used to blow air currents across a work's surface, tires, coke bottles, taxidermy, a bed, or any of the innumerable curiosities Rauschenberg absorbed into the Combines — amazingly retains much of its punch, even after so many years and so much reproduction in art history texts.

«The base of the work already exists in the world in fairly prolific, common places (it is easy enough to encounter taxidermy) but we aren't accustomed to seeing the hairless amoebic forms here,» the artist writes.

Like the preceding work Carousel (1988)-- where dismembered taxidermy forms hang and drag from a steel axis that turns in an agonizing danse macabre — Animal Pyramid disturbs with its vision of carnage submitted to an artificial and bloodless geometric order.

Landscapes, trees and plants in multiple media, flowers, birds and animals — some of these works, admittedly, relating to issues more serious than their benign appearance — may abound at the fair due to the legendary love of the Bay Area residents for hikes and other outdoor activities.It comes as no surprise, then, that one of the most photographed artworks at FOG was Kohei Nawa's $ 500,000 taxidermied deer covered in glass spheres, populating Pace Gallery's entrance - facing booth.

Works by Joseph Grazi include Garden Sculptures 1 & 2, juxtaposing taxidermied bats and dried butterflies on wood, as well as several works of pencil on paper, including «Garden Party», «Lions» and «Shrine.&rWorks by Joseph Grazi include Garden Sculptures 1 & 2, juxtaposing taxidermied bats and dried butterflies on wood, as well as several works of pencil on paper, including «Garden Party», «Lions» and «Shrine.&rworks of pencil on paper, including «Garden Party», «Lions» and «Shrine.»

Allison Janae Hamilton (b. 1984, Lexington, Kentucky) is an interdisciplinary artist working in sculpture, installation, photography, video, and taxidermy.

The works are filled with child - like wonder, and recall the sand - toys and penny arcades of the Victorian era, or the «wunderkammer» of the same period — great halls where the aristocracy of the day would display rare treasures: shells, fossils, taxidermy, fine china, numismatics and other curiosities.

Catt (2010)-- a work comprising two taxidermied animals: a cat inside a birdcage and a canary perched outside looking in — was once exhibited as a sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan.

For his 2012 retrospective at the Guggenheim, «All,» Cattelan hung the full range of his iconoclastic sculptures from the center of the museum's sanctified rotunda — including waxworks of a miniature Hitler, Pope John Paul II struck down by lightning, JFK in a coffin, and the artist himself hung by his neck, accompanied by several of his trademark taxidermies, including an ostrich burying its head, a squirrel who's just committed suicide, and Novecento, the dangling horse that is perhaps his most career - defining work.

Working with hair, yarn, velvet, wax, marble, found objects, taxidermied birds, and lens - based media, to name a few, these artists explore materiality in meaningful and impactful ways.

Prominently positioned at one end of the room, a work entitled «The Ascension of Jesus» (2002 - 2003) was installed; in this, a taxidermy dove in flight was positioned over a pristine white, powder - coated cabinet and empty shelving.

Other extraordinary items include the Boarstall Cartulary from the 11th century which featured in the BBC's History of the World; memorabilia from «godfather of British aviation» Frank McLean's hair - raising flights under the bridges on the River Thames; taxidermied pelicans from a private zoo; an Aston Martin DB4 on loan from Aston Martin Works Service and a unique self - portrait by David Bowie from a private collection.

Best known for his crudely composed ironic drawings, his work now also encompasses a broad range of media including photography, sculpture, music, animation and taxidermy.

Taking its cue from the resurgence of figurative sculpture in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and from Sigmund Freud's essay «The Uncanny» (1919), the exhibition brings together mannequin - related art works, mostly from the 1960s onwards, with objects from disparate cultural contexts that engender a similar sense of unease in the viewer: medical dolls, anatomical waxworks, religious statues, pagan figurines, ventriloquists» dummies, sex dolls, taxidermy and so on.

Robert Rauschenberg used a stuffed eagle in his 1959 work Canyon, while Damien Hirst shocked the art world with his large scale sculptures that featured taxidermied animals submerged in formaldehyde, calling the viewer to consider his or her own mortality.

The ethical gray area of cutting open and displaying a dead animal is equally foggy when used for artistic or symbolic purposes, like in the eerily flashy work of Damien Hirst or more recently Anicka Yi's hardware - lined taxidermy coyote.

Featuring graphic design, film, photography, ceramics, taxidermy, furniture, textiles and fine art, this multi-media show explores work inspired by the 19th century and created over the last 20 years, highlighting the ongoing influence of the Victorian age.

She's really only producing a half dozen or so finished works a year right now, and we are exhibiting her most recent sculpture TPAJAX, a taxidermy horse smothered by a red maggot / grenade shaped «blobject».

Two rarely lent works are included: «Charlene» (1954), the last and largest from the artist's series of «Red Paintings», and «Monogram» (1955 — 59), Rauschenberg's famous «Combine» assembled from a taxidermied angora goat and a tire, positioned on a painted and collaged wooden platform.

The artists who have donated pieces include Rob Ryan, famed for his intricate papercut work; Idris Khan, an internationally celebrated British artist who is most recognised for his multi-layered photographs that draw on a wide range of sources and has done major commissions for the British Museum and The New York Times Magazine; and Polly Morgan, who has exhibited widely since 2005, creating works of art using taxidermy, and has had solo exhibitions in the UK and USA, as well as in Italy during the Venice Biennale in 2011.

Iconic works from his six - decade career include large - scale pop art screen prints picturing the likes of JF Kennedy; Monogram, a paint splattered taxidermy goat in a car tyre surrounded by street signs; and Bed, soiled sheets spattered with brushmarks.

The exhibition features new physical pixelated sculptures («PixCell» s) made out of toys, taxidermied animals, musical instruments and other everyday objects, new works in his Direction and Ether series that visualize the effects of gravity, and new works in his Villus series that cover an object's contours and textures with «villi.»

Paul Broomfield is a taxidermy assemblage artist living and working in North Devon.

Rauschenberg made large painted assemblages he called combines, using discarded furniture, textiles, and even taxidermied animals as elements in the works.

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).

Iconic works from his six decade career include large - scale pop art screen prints picturing the likes of JF Kennedy; Monogram, a paint splattered taxidermy goat in a car tyre surrounded by street signs; and Bed, soiled sheets spattered with brushmarks.

Two works involving taxidermied butterflies sold for $ 40,000 (roughly $ 49,300), and a work that incorporates soot on canvas, covered by a unique plexiglass case, sold for $ 65,000 (nearly $ 80,200).

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.

Known for his taxidermy - meets bling weaponed sculptural works, Peter Gronquist explores a more contemplative side of his artist mind, using a series of color field paintings to address the role -LSB-...]

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Sue Webster is known also for her light and text based works, but with Noble she turn to everyday objects, taxidermy and trash to create sculptures which full potential is visible only in their shadows.

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

The work of Kate Clark (Sculpture» 01) is featured on the cover of the exhibition catalogue for Late Harvest, an exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art that juxtaposes contemporary art made with taxidermy with historically significant wildlife paintings.

That artistic hybridization is most immediately evident in the work of New York - based artist Kate Clark, whose work perfectly expresses both the art and craft of taxidermy.

Some of the collections will come as no surprise to fans of the artist's works — for example Damien Hirst's collection of skulls and taxidermy animals or documentary photographer Martin Parr's tacky souvenirs.

An avid collector of trash and other interesting urban debris, his studio rapidly became a junk heap, containing items as varied as Coca Cola bottles, newspapers, magazines, clocks, radios, wire, metalwork, photographs, taxidermied animals and fragments of clothing, most of which would eventually be integrated into his work.

Known for his taxidermy - meets bling weaponed sculptural works, Peter Gronquist explores a more contemplative side of his artist mind, using a series of color field paintings to address the role of technology in our lives by thinking outside of the traditional canvas.

Grazi's body of work spans taxidermy to pencil drawing, but tonight's show is especially interesting as it focuses around a somber and controversial topic - the killing of Cecil the Lion by American dentist Walter Palmer.

Surridge's work also often incorporates elements of animal and botanical origin, such as pelts, bones or animals which she preserves or taxidermies herself.

In 1953, Robert Rauschenberg, most known for his «Combines,» (paintings which incorporate found materials such as taxidermy and truck tires), acquired a Willem de Kooning drawing and erased it, re-titling the work Erased de Kooning Drawing.

His sculptural composites combine taxidermy, domestic objects, neon tubing and made elements whilst his film work draws on popular references and found scenarios such as adverts or Universal Pictures title series.

Presented in the exhibition is a selection of recent works by the Chapman brothers, as well as a new, site - specific installation with poetry and taxidermied crows.

Alongside the opportunity to purchase some of the most striking contemporary works from just # 50, The Other Art Fair relishes in offering an artistic experience beyond sales, featuring art talks, 3D printing, taxidermy workshops and art and music performances.