tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post1932713199401176333..comments2024-02-11T03:10:57.646-05:00Comments on The Art Department: Kate ClarkIrene Gallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15440976373621593153noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post-58642331068132126622008-12-04T10:26:00.000-05:002008-12-04T10:26:00.000-05:00Yeah, looking at this kind of thing, I can't separ...Yeah, looking at this kind of thing, I can't separate the thought of the agony of the animal dying from the art made from its remains. <BR/><BR/>Of course, I was brought up with furs, and traditional taxidermy, so there's a contradiction, I'll admit. <BR/><BR/>In my art career, I had to turn down an offer to be body cast by a taxidermy-based artist, and morphed into something like this. <BR/><BR/>But it might have been slightly interesting in a morbid way, like seeing yourself "killed" messily in a special effects movie.Jack Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202365155540203592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post-48053540104959361242008-11-28T17:32:00.000-05:002008-11-28T17:32:00.000-05:00Disturbing, at best. Certainly not images I'd want...Disturbing, at best. Certainly not images I'd want to see more than once. *shudder*Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post-38231151650718833702008-11-26T13:46:00.000-05:002008-11-26T13:46:00.000-05:00They're rather hideous, and I've never understood ...They're rather hideous, and I've never understood hideous art.Jeff Dotenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17323331318351157973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post-1890896787322072192008-11-25T15:07:00.000-05:002008-11-25T15:07:00.000-05:00Follow-up, did you/have you seen the Banksy "...Follow-up, did you/have you seen the Banksy "Pet Store & Grill" thing in Greenwich Village? Or <A HREF="http://www.behance.net/LisaBlack" REL="nofollow">Lisa Black's</A> cyborg taxidermy?mordicaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05713766652793265867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post-88640430825050028912008-11-25T15:02:00.000-05:002008-11-25T15:02:00.000-05:00I tend to be immediately distrustful of art with a...I tend to be immediately distrustful of art with an immediate "message" or "moral." That being said, they are-- like you've said-- momentarily pleasing, in a Room-of-Jar-Babies sort of fashion.mordicaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05713766652793265867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post-46284735356897619852008-11-25T14:42:00.000-05:002008-11-25T14:42:00.000-05:00I am not sure I like it. The suture look of all th...I am not sure I like it. The suture look of all the pins in the faces is quite distracting and takes away from the "naturalness" of the things.<BR/><BR/>Like you I think I would rather go to see a good taxidermy display or a natural history museum.<BR/><BR/>........I miss Circus and County Fair Sideshows.......those were so much more fun then the whole Mid-way stuff......<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting these Irene, I never would have heard of this. <BR/><BR/>TracyTracy Flynn Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12593665068576018101noreply@blogger.com