Size (h w d): 42 x 24 x 9 in
Medium: found frame fragments 18th & 19th century, painted gilt, carved antler, bones and teeth (various), pearls, wasp nest, minerals, shells.
Detail
A three dimensional Vanitas, and built on a piece originally called Undergrowth. Small insects lurk, pearls are dangling partially subsumed by the growing vines, a heart(whose?) fungi, minerals, flowers in various phases of growth, and exposed roots.
The 'heart' cradled in the bone vines is removable.
A three dimensional Vanitas, and built on a piece originally called Undergrowth. Small insects lurk, pearls are dangling partially subsumed by the growing vines, a heart(whose?) fungi, minerals, flowers in various phases of growth, and exposed roots.
The 'heart' cradled in the bone vines is removable.
Size (h w d): 60 x 48 x 15 in
Medium: found 18th & 20th century frames, gold leaf, bone (deer, cow, python), antlers, fossilized wood, gesso, 23k gold leaf, resin.
Size (h w d): 60 x 48 x 15 in
Medium: found 18th & 20th century frames, gold leaf, bone (deer, cow, python), antlers, fossilized wood, gesso, 23k gold leaf, resin
Heterosis, also called hybrid vigour, the increase in such characteristics as size, growth rate, fertility, and yield of a hybrid organism over those of its parents.
Size (h w d): 60 x 48 x 15 in
Medium: found 18th & 20th century frames, gold leaf, bone (deer, cow, python), antlers, fossilized wood, gesso, 23k gold leaf, resin
Size (h w d): 60 x 48 x 15 in
Medium: found 18th & 20th century frames, gold leaf, bone (deer, cow, python), antlers, fossilized wood, gesso, 23k gold leaf, resin