Good Boy by Gillie and Marc Schattner
Husband and wife contemporary artists Gillie and Marc Schattner are causing a bit of a stir in Perth, Australia with their latest exhibition, The Dog in Us at Linton and Kay Fine Art Gallery. The show, which opens this Friday, features a naked dog-man almost 10 feet tall whose correspondingly large penis, nearly 16 inches, is in full view. The sculpture, entitled Good Boy, has been a media sensation since it first debuted in Sydney, but so far, according to an article in the WAToday.com.au, the police haven't been called, possibly because people in Perth are more open-minded than people in Sydney. Regardless, ask anyone who has viewed Michelangelo's David, no matter how liberal you are, it's hard not to stare.
I think Good Boy is simply wonderful in it's humanization of dogs and domestication of man. I also see it as a complement to one of my other favorite contemporary dog sculptures, Vincent Leow's Andy in Wonderland, which features a dog with a man's head, or Good Boy's reverse.
Visit Gillie and Marc Schattner's website to see The Dog in Us online (featureing many charming anthropomorphized dog paintings also) or stop by the Linton and Kay Fine Art Gallery this Friday, July 25, 2009 for the opening. For dog art lovers, an exhibition that explores the idea that "dogs are the people we want to be" is one not to miss.
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