Speculative Taxidermy: Natural History, Animal Surfaces, And Art In The Anthropocene (critical Life Studies)
by Giovanni Aloi /
2018 / English / EPUB
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Taxidermy, once the province of natural history and dedicated to
the pursuit of lifelike realism, has recently resurfaced in the
world of contemporary art, culture, and interior design. In
Taxidermy, once the province of natural history and dedicated to
the pursuit of lifelike realism, has recently resurfaced in the
world of contemporary art, culture, and interior design. InSpeculative Taxidermy,
Speculative Taxidermy, Giovanni Aloi offers a comprehensive
mapping of the discourses and practices that have enabled the
emergence of taxidermy in contemporary art. Drawing on the
speculative turn in philosophy and recovering past alternative
histories of art and materiality from a biopolitical perspective,
Aloi theorizes
Giovanni Aloi offers a comprehensive
mapping of the discourses and practices that have enabled the
emergence of taxidermy in contemporary art. Drawing on the
speculative turn in philosophy and recovering past alternative
histories of art and materiality from a biopolitical perspective,
Aloi theorizesspeculative taxidermy
speculative taxidermy: a powerful interface
that unlocks new ethical and political opportunities in
human-animal relationships and speaks to how animal representation
conveys the urgency of climate change, capitalist exploitation, and
mass extinction.
: a powerful interface
that unlocks new ethical and political opportunities in
human-animal relationships and speaks to how animal representation
conveys the urgency of climate change, capitalist exploitation, and
mass extinction.
A resolutely nonanthropocentric take on the materiality of one of
the most controversial mediums in art, this approach relentlessly
questions past and present ideas of human separation from the
animal kingdom. It situates taxidermy as a powerful interface
between humans and animals, rooted in a shared ontological and
physical vulnerability. Carefully considering a select number of
key examples including the work of Nandipha Mntambo, Maria
Papadimitriou, Mark Dion, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Roni Horn, Oleg
Kulik, Steve Bishop, Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson, and Cole Swanson,
A resolutely nonanthropocentric take on the materiality of one of
the most controversial mediums in art, this approach relentlessly
questions past and present ideas of human separation from the
animal kingdom. It situates taxidermy as a powerful interface
between humans and animals, rooted in a shared ontological and
physical vulnerability. Carefully considering a select number of
key examples including the work of Nandipha Mntambo, Maria
Papadimitriou, Mark Dion, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Roni Horn, Oleg
Kulik, Steve Bishop, Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson, and Cole Swanson,Speculative Taxidermy
Speculative Taxidermy contextualizes the resilient presence
of animal skin in the gallery space as a productive opportunity to
rethink ethical and political stances in human-animal
relationships.
contextualizes the resilient presence
of animal skin in the gallery space as a productive opportunity to
rethink ethical and political stances in human-animal
relationships.
