Via Gawker:
For his new installation, Australian
artist Bennett Miller has assembled a meeting of the U.N. Commission on
Human Rights in the Melbourne Museum plaza. The part that is "art" is
that all of the delegates are dogs. All together: Awwwwww.Dachsund U.N., part of the Next Wave Festival,
is a "meditation on the utopian aspirations of the Commission on Human
Rights, and our capacity as humans to imagine and achieve a universal
system of justice." It is also way more cute than gory ol' Francis
Bacon.Miller, a 29-year-old artist from Perth, chose Dachsunds for their
similarities to humans: "They have their own racial diversity – black,
brown, red. Also, even though they're restricted in their movement,
they are quite determined and proud." He was able to put together his
U.N. assembly with the help of the Dachsund Club of Victoria, whose
initial skepticism was overcome once Miller was able to demonstrate
that he wouldn't "portray the dogs in a demeaning way."
Hat tip to Nag on the Lake for sending me this link. Genius.
Bennett Miller wrangles his art
Images courtesy of Getty. See images of the Doxies next to photos of the ambassadors they represent at Gawker.