One must know the animals, an exhibition that explores our relationship with the animal kingdom is on view at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Wisconsin until August 2, 2012.
The title is taken from the Rainer Maria Rilke novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge:
For the sake of a few lines one must see many cities, men and things. One must know the animals, one must feel how the birds fly and know the gesture with which the small flowers open in the morning. One must be able to think back to roads in unknown regions, to unexpected meetings and to partings which one had long seen coming ….
More information here.
Hat tip to Dog Art Today reader Martha Claasen for letting me know about the show and who covertly photographed some paintings that looked like Tyler.
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