About a month ago I wrote a blog on Polly Morgan's taxidermy exhibition and it seems shes not the only artist cashing in on this bizarre artistic trend. Taxidermy is is the display of stuffed animals in innovative yet slightly twisted ways and low and behold the next artist to use such a technique is Julia deville (...now is it just me, or anyone else reminded of the infamous Dalmation slaughterer..?)And as it happens this would be entirley appropriate. On her rather errie website- full of dark colours and Gothic writing- you can choose to flick through either Birds, Mice, Other Mammals and Skeletons; she even has pieces called 'Bird-Pin' and 'Bird Shoulder Piece' which admittedly look like roadkill simply scooped from the road, and attached to a necklace. 'Sparrow Brooch' is equally as alarming, once again appearing as if the small bird has been snatched from it's nest and strangled by a chain.
But wait for it. There's Kitten Rugs, which are equally as brash; both stretched cats look as if they've been peeled from underneath a tyre and simply stuck on someone's carpet.
Despite this supposedly being a serious art, I did happen to laugh uncontrollably at most of these pieces. Judge for yourselves......click here to see.
In my opinion this picture reminds me of animal abuse!
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