I have just about given up trying to get good reproductions of these drawings, so I thought I would post a more casual, in progress shot that doesn’t purport to be anything other. The whole drawing is 19 x 24″ and is ink on white paper. I am doing a series from the incident in Central Park where I observed a dying Tufted Titmouse (photo blog post here).
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This looks a bit like how I look after a solid week’s worth of this year’s art fairs, socializing out on the town, and gallery-hopping. All of it was entertaining. Not a lot of it was particularly memorable, and there was definitely the sense that galleries were playing it safe by offering more concrete, tangible works. There were few over-the-top installations and I noticed that photography and video also seemed scarce. Most media were outnumbered by drawings, and animal/bird/taxidermy-derivative work was everywhere, which makes me nervous. But everything makes me nervous so that’s OK.
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I have been making a lot of sketches of my taxidermied chipmunk. I love it so much that, because I am thinking of finally getting another dog, it has paved the way for a small, NYC-sized animal as nothing else could have convinced me to do. I think that there is a Yorkie out there waiting for me.
When I pulled this little jewel out of its birthday box, as yet unenlightened to its existence, I glanced up at my friend Peggy and saw her turn very pale. Warning: at a birthday dinner, you might want to check to see if any of the guests are rodent phobic before giving someone a stuffed chipmunk. I can’t imagine what would have happened if it had been one of the freeze-dried rats also available at The Evolution Store.
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