{The upside-down Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) receives his final strokes.}
{One collaged creature drawn in a more natural environment.}
{Wet day: stars complete.}
{Thursday's quartet. On violin times two, the American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) and Golden angwantibo (Arctocebus aureus), on cello, the Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus), and on the viola, Franquet's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops franqueti).}
Following on from our recent artists' book, A deck of Salvaged Relatives, and especially for a forthcoming group exhibition, Animal Instinct, Louise and I have created four new works comprised of pairs.
Four of my original Salvaged Relatives collages on cartes de viste have been paired with Louise's delicate drawings of the same collaged element in a new and arguably more natural setting. Think: parrots in trees instead of perched upon costumed shoulders. A fruit bat is released from the thankless role of headwear in Cléopâtre. A Three-toed sloth dances in Carnival before returning to its natural habitat. Or is that the other way around? A Golden angwantibo climbs from wilderness and hunkers down within a stage fantasy. Either way, together, these two works become one piece, like two puzzle pieces revealing more of the one tale.
It is something, this back and forth notion, we are toying with more and more — a collage in response to a print, a drawing in response to a collage — and we like the ground it is revealing as our collaboration evolves.
In the borrowed evening jacket inspired by the heavens, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli, c. 1937, with an American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
and
Closer to natural (American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus))
In the borrowed jacket from The hunt, Act I, Giselle, designed by Alexandre Benois, c. 1910, with a Golden angwantibo (Arctocebus aureus)
and
Closer to natural (Golden angwantibo (Arctocebus aureus))
Closer to natural (Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus))
and
In a borrowed costume for Columbine from Carnival, designed by Léon Bakst, c. 1942, with a Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
Closer to natural (Franquet's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops franqueti))
and
In the borrowed costume for a Greek from Cléopâtre, designed by Léon Bakst, c. 1909, with a Franquet's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops franqueti)
You will be able to see these works in person in March as part of Animal Instinct.
Animal Instinct
Anita Barrett, Dean Bowen, Jazmina Cininas, Rona Green, Bridget Farmer, Lucy Hardie, Gracia Haby + Louise Jennison, Sheridan Jones, Kyoko Imazu, Adrian Lockhart, John Ryrie, Judi Singleton, Jess Szigethy-Gyula, Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Deborah Williams, Gail Willoughby
Metropolis Gallery
64 Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria
5th to 19th March
"Metropolis Gallery is excited to present Animal Instinct, an exhibition exploring how we view animals and at times appropriate their characteristics to make sense of the human species.
Since prehistoric times and throughout art history the animal has appeared in many guises in mythology and storytelling, and the attributes of animals have supplied artists with a wealth of inspiration and artistic metaphor. This exhibition will present diverse interpretations by a number of artists in a variety of mediums."
{A night sky embellished for the flight of the Franquet's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops franqueti).}
{Earlier, selecting four from twenty-four.}
+ When Lenni and Lottie sleep they are great with snow leopards and paper.
+ A collection of Salvaged Relatives on cabinet cards.
