時事論： 動物、寵物、"人性"：教宗 Francis 的話。今昔動物世界：Becoming Animal: Contemporary Art in Animal Kingdom. Animals and Men by Kenneth Clark
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Becoming Animal: Contemporary Art in the Animal Kingdom (The MIT Press) Hardcover – 17 六月 2005
作者 Nato Thompson (Editor, Contributor), Christoph Cox (Contributor)
Contemporary artists investigate the boundaries between animal and human in a world of transgenics and dissolving distinctions; with 65 color images of new works.
In an age when scientists say they can no longer specify the exact difference between human and animal, living and dead, many contemporary artists have chosen to use animals in their work―as the ultimate "other," as metaphor, as reflection. The attempt to discover what is animal, not surprisingly, leads to a greater understanding of what it means to be human. In Becoming Animal, 12 internationally known artists investigate the shifting boundaries between animal and human. Their explorations may be a barometer of things to come. The works included in Becoming Animal―which accompanies an exhibit at MASS MoCA―range from the aviary and cabinet of curiosities of Mark Dion to the gun-toting bird collages of Michael Oatman. Nicolas Lampert's machine-animal collages and Jane Alexander's corpse-like humanoids suggest a new landscape of alienation. Rachel Berwick's investigation of the last Galapagos tortoise from the island of Pinto and Brian Conley's humanized mating call of the Tungara frog question the divide between human and animal communication. Patricia Piccinini imagines a bodyguard for a bird on the edge of extinction and Ann-Sofi Siden recreates the bedroom―and paranoia―of psychologist Alice Fabian. Natalie Jeremijenko presents another installment in her ongoing Ooz, reverse-engineering the zoo, and Kathy High's installation of "trans-animals" remembers lab rats who have given their lives for science. Sam Easterson's videos allow us to see from the viewpoint of an aardvark, a tarantula, a tumbleweed; Motohiko Odani's films show a surrealistic genetically modified bestiary. Becoming Animal documents these works with eye-popping full-color images, taking us on a visual journey through an unknown world.
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Animals and Men Hardcover
作者 Kenneth Clark (Author)
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If one had to select just one art book to take on one's life journey, Kenneth Clark's brilliant "Animals and Men" would be the one for this reviewer. My copy by now has been enjoyed by many visiting friends over the last forty years, and it inspired me when much younger to start drawing from painters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Stubbs, Degas, Botticelli, Titian, Renoir to name just a few. Clark's book has 219 illustrations, 84 in color, and covers the relations between people and animals over the centuries. You will find chapters on the harmony of men and animals, marginal birds, the animal-loving Egyptians, wild jungle denizens, pet dogs of the Renaissance, enchanting paintings of children and animals, the mysterious Unicorn and much more. When an acquaintance was trying to remember a painting of a magnificent horse he had once seen at a museum in London, I knew he was referring to "Whistlejacket" by Stubbs, and showed him the color illustration in Clark's volume which he recognized at once. Recently, I discovered that this book was available on Amazon for pennies, and treated myself to another copy in mint condition. It is the right size and not too cumbersome with an enjoyable clear text describing the world of art in the context of humans and animals from the beginning of history. A pleasure on all accounts, it would make an elegant and inspiring gift for those who have an eye for beauty and an affinity for our animal friends; all creatures great and small. Highly recommend for lovers of art.
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