The plushy dead
Julie Black, a young artist in Lawrence, Kansas, is exhibiting a collection of deceased and eviscerated dogs, cats, rabbits, fish, and birds constructed out of felt and sequins. (Photo at left by Thad Allender.) From an article about her gallery show, "Dead Pets for Sale":Link (via Fortean Times)"I try to work with material accessible to kids," she said. "All the guts are filled with what would be inside Beanie Babies."
Combining a childlike stuffed animal with the gore of intestines bursting out appealed to the artist....
According to Black's artist statement, "Dead Pets for Sale" was the embodiment of her upbringing -- she said she grew up in a violent atmosphere -- and a viable truth she learned that can pertain to all subjects: that the grotesque can be beautiful and vice versa.
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