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GUEST POST: A jar of pickled moles, haunting trees, Friday disasters and anatomy museum corpses- a smorgasbord of interesting things from curator Neil Lebeter
I am very excited to present today’s post, a bevy of fascinating things selected by curator Neil Lebeter. Neil is archivist curator at the New Art Gallery Walsall, where he is currently working with the very cool Bob and Roberta … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary Art, Curiosities, Guest Post, History, Museums
Tagged curiosities, grotesque, haunting, installation, institution, moles, museum, outsider art, sculpture, textile, trees
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Jane Howarth’s beautiful bird guts and a rant about lousy artist statements
I recently came across this arresting image of a taxidermied seagull with luxurious pearl entrails spilling out of its split carcass. It was repinned on a certain nameless photo sharing site with no credit or links to the artist (a … Continue reading
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Tagged art, bird, grotesque, imagination, jewels, pearl, rant, sculpture, taxidermy
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Fascinating faces: Ulric Collette’s ‘Portraits génétiques’
Portraits génétiques is a series by French photographer Ulric Collette in which he assembles the half faces of two relatives together to explore genetic likenesses. (Visit his website to see the entire series). The concept is exceedingly simple, but the … Continue reading
