August 9, 2008


Show and Tell: Ephemera (I)

Title: Ephemera (I).
Artist: Lena.
Medium: Previously kinetic sculpture.
Date: May 2006.

Bet you never seen a two-legged, two-headed ground squirrel.

posted by Sheila Ryan in adventure, animals, art 

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14 Responses to “Show and Tell: Ephemera (I)”

  1. Deron Bauman on August 9th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    looks like it’s singing.

  2. Sheila Ryan on August 9th, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    They do that just before they die. A duet.

  3. Sheila Ryan on August 9th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    Oh, and the composition is as arranged by the artist herself.

  4. Sheila Ryan on August 10th, 2008 at 12:34 am

    People, the only way you can wish this into the cornfield is by posting something new.

  5. Phil Bebbington on August 10th, 2008 at 2:47 am

    are you sure you don’t live near any nuclear facility?

  6. Cooper Renner on August 10th, 2008 at 10:12 am

    You and Lena need to take her works on the road–a traveling exhibition.

  7. Sheila Ryan on August 10th, 2008 at 10:40 am

    Oh, Lena doesn’t travel well, and she is erratic in her capacity for schmoozing at openings. So I plan to act as her representative. She will become one of those legendary reclusive figures of the art world.

  8. Sheila Ryan on August 10th, 2008 at 10:44 am

    And if you know of any arts funding entities or individuals from whom I might solicit financial support for taxidermy services, please contact me.

  9. Phil Bebbington on August 10th, 2008 at 10:48 am

    Certain types of animal taxidermy are illegal here in the UK ;) Although I’m sure still practised in private…..I’m sure certain states have a more open mind and may even offer funding for such activities….all in the name of art of course!

  10. Cindy Scroggins on August 10th, 2008 at 11:24 am

    I’m in the market for a taxidermied poodle, if anyone’s got any leads.

    And, Sheila, I’ll bet the great Tia Resleure would help you out in the taxidermy department. Lena’s people should call her people.

  11. Sheila Ryan on August 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pm

    I am intrigued by the notion of “certain types of animal taxidermy” being illegal and wonder whether the prohibitions focus on species, on manner of death, on preservative method, or on aesthetics generally. I think that we may safely discount the last.

  12. Sheila Ryan on August 10th, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    Oh, now I’m thinking that “certain types of animal taxidermy” is a reference I should get. Is it something everybody else knows about? Does it have to do with sex? Does it have to do with donkeys? Goats?

    Phil, one way or another I will have an answer from you!

  13. Phil Bebbington on August 10th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    OK…sorry for the delay…fell asleep on the sofa..thoughts of Goats and Donkeys no doubt! Yes it was a crude sexual reference to the stuffing of animals…..why oh why? I was sober as well. I knew it would return to haunt me!

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