Dead Animals, or the Curious Occurrence of Taxidermy in Contemporary Art

23rd January 2016 - 27th March 2016 / David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

Dead Animals at the David Winton Bell Gallery, Rhode Island, from January 23 – March 27, 2016 At a time when natural history museums are moving away from taxidermy, there has been a resurgence of interest in popular culture—in Internet blogs and image collections, in fashion, home décor, and advertising—as well as in art practice. Dead Animals, or the curious occurrence of taxidermy in contemporary art surveys current artistic use of taxidermy through the work of eighteen artists: Maurizio Cattelan, Kate Clark, Mark Dion, Nicholas Galanin, Thomas Grünfeld, Damien Hirst, Karen Knorr, Annette Messager, Polly Morgan, Deborah Sengl, Angela Singer, Bryndis Snæbjörnsdóttir/Mark Wilson, Richard Barnes, Jules Greenberg, Sarah Cusimano Miles, Richard Ross, and Hiroshi Sugimoto. GO TO WEBSITE