If you wondered where the New York Police Department’s horses go when they die — Kentucky. Well, some of them, like this former steed, bones peeled and lovingly assembled mid-prance in front of the Kentucky Horse Park’s International Museum of the Horse by NY prison-guard-turned-farrier Walter Varcoe. Read more »
Brooklyn-based designer and hopeless AFOL David Cole made some “taxidermied” deer, fox and bear figures out of Legos. Oh, they’re so cute, right? First the internet wanted them all. Now the internet wants more, more, more. Seriously, he’s back-ordered for 1,500 of these little things, which are essentially pixelated animals in IRL, comprised of “mostly new” Lego bits and hand-drawn instructions at just under $30 a pop. Read more »
For the 15th issue of Schön! magazine, photographer Pierre Dal Corso and his alluringly androgynous muse, Lorena, mix eroticism with taxidermy to create a sensually simplistic editorial that almost makes you forget about all the dead animal props. Not that it matters, since the lonely huntress in her primal state is the ultimate trophy in this collection. Check it. NSFW.
Miami-based artist Enrique Gomez de Molina likes to plays Dr. Frankenstein, stitching complex monsters from animal carcasses and parts. This week, he was charged with illegally smuggling said parts, as one of his $10K sculptures was shipped from Art Basel Miami to Canada last year and… well… allegedly, he’s had a very, very exotic barnyard of dead things illegally, internationally imported from all over. Read more »
We’ve accompanied NYC performance artist/provocateur Nate Hill on one of his Chinatown Garbage Taxidermy Tours before and, trust us, the rotting fish aroma soaking into your shoes from bloody puddles as you trollop along the alleys ways, garbage-diving for feathered fauna, frogs and fish heads to saw together… is worth it. Seems like Hill’s back on the streets. Here are his latest bloodily puckering canvases of his restaurant waste taxidermy. Requests?
So, there’s this fun little Facebook page called Badly Stuffed Animals. It makes a mockery of poor, dead critters whose butchered and bloated corpses were sloppily preserved by horrendously amateur taxidermists. Head right over there for some guilt and giggles and submit whatever. Also, there’s some actual, legitimate art slipped into the pool. Can you tell which is which?
Walter Potter was pioneering the art of assembling dead rabbit tea parties and rat police raids back in the olden Victorian days, but more recently, you’ve probably seen him ripped off in Radiohead’s There There video because you’re so cool and perceptive. Read more »
Abnormals Gallery in Poznan/Poland (of recent NaziSexiMouse notoriety) gears up for their next eccentric assault with Iris Scheiferstein’s upcoming solo show. The taxidermist cobbler, corpse sculptor and pseudo-erotic photographer promises new work. Read more »
A microbrewery in Scotland mastered the art of shock marketing for the release of their latest brand of beer: The End of History. At 55% alcohol, not only is it the most “alcoholic beer known to man,” but also the bottles come packaged in limited edition dead animal carcasses, which should pretty much enrage everyone from MADD to PETA and ensure lots of media coverage even if all 11 bottles are already sold out (and at approximately $770 and $1070 a pop).
Working exclusively with road kill and dead pets donated by their owners, Polly Morgan poses delicate corpses under glass bells. Flocks carry rusted cages, a whole white rat is scooped by a champagne flute and birds learn about death below a miniature chandelier. Read more »
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