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  • Beasts of Burden and Compassion Arts Festival NYC

     

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    Sacrifice by Jane O'Hara, 2005

     

    New York friends, I wanted to remind you that "Beasts of Burden: Our Complex Relationship with Animals" will be on view October 20 – 22 in NYC. 

    The exhibition is part of the Compassion Arts Festival, a weekend of song, artistry, discussion, film, and performances reflecting our multifaceted relationships with the earth and the animals we share it with.

    There are two "Beast of Burden" events, the art show and a multimedia performance by curator, artist, and activist, Jane O'Hara.

    If there's one piece that exemplifies the show for me, its Jane's Sacrifice (above), a 5-foot tall screen that depicts nine animals wearing vestments of the companies that killed them. It's inspired by iconic paintings of Christian martyrs and the notion that millions of animals sacrifice their lives to powerful forces everyday in similarly barbaric ways.

    I think it will be moving to see this piece in person.

    Also, I'm proud to have my work, Twelve dox-ZENs, included.

     

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    Twelve dox-ZENs by Moira McLaughlin, 2014

    I produced this work in the in the wake of the death of my beloved longhaired Dachshund named Darby. For months, I was crippled by grief and creative paralysis. 

    Finally, I decided to paint dozens of sumi-e ink Darbys on the pages of a deconstructed book, Buddhism and Zen by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless. The series is a meditation on the Buddhist concept that the mind is an endless cycle of three processes: craving, acting, and discontentment.  

     

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    Exhibition: "Beasts of Burden: Our Complex Relationship with Animals"

    TUF Gallery/O’Hara Projects
    208 East 73 St.
    New York, NY 10021

    Opening Reception and Book Signing: Friday, Oct 20, 2017, 5 – 8 pm (vegan friendly & free to the public)

    Gallery Hours: Saturday, Oct. 21 and Saturday, Oct. 22, 11 am – 6pm

    Performance: "Reflections on Beasts of Burden by Jane O'Hara"

    Saturday, October 21, 7:30pm

    Symphony Space/Leonard Nimoy Theatre
    2537 Broadway
    New York, NY10025

    Tickets for Jane's multimedia presentation are $20 in advance and $25 day of show available here.

    Visit Beasts of Burden for more information about this exhibition and performance.

    For information about all the animal-centric events happening this weekend visit Compassion Arts Festival.

    P.S. Sadly I won't be able to attend. If you have a chance to take photos, I would love to see them. Tag me on Instagram and Twitter.

    Thank you so much.  Enjoy!

     

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  • Beasts of Burden in NYC

     

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    “Beasts of Burden”

     

    I’m excited to announce that an expanded version of the 2012 show “Beasts of Burden,” curated by Jane O’Hara, will be on view in New York City, October 20 – 22, 2017 at TUF Gallery, 208 East 73 Street.

    Opening night reception is Friday, October 20, 5-8 pm.

    The exhibition includes the work of 14 artists exploring our complex relationship with animals:

    Tony Bevilacqua
    Denise Lindquist
    Ariel Bordeaux
    Nancy Diessner
    Karen Fiorito
    Raul Gonzalez lll
    Adonna Khare
    Wendy Klemperer
    Jo-Anne McArthur
    Moira McLaughlin
    Moby
    Jane O’Hara
    Julia Oldham
    Gedas Paskauskas

     

    My series “Twelve dox-ZENs” will be on view.  This time they will be for sale individually ($400 each) or together ($2400). I’ll have another post on this soon.

    The show is part of the Compassion Arts & Culture and Animals Festival, a weekend-long celebration of song, artistry, discussion, film, and performances reflecting our multifaceted relationships with animals and the earth we share.

    The festival is presented by two prestigious entities: Culture & Animals Foundation, a non-profit committed to supporting artists and scholars in advancing our understanding of and commitment to animals, and Compassion Arts, a creative arts and education initiative dedicated to expanding the way we see animals, nature, each other, and ourselves.

    In addition to the exhibition, curator Jane O’Hara will perform a multi-media reflection on “Beasts of Burden” featuring song, video, spoken word and art in collaboration with singer-songwriter Joy Askew and poet Gretchen Primack, Saturday night at 7:30 pm at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, NY, NY.

    Tickets for the performance are $20 each or $25 day of show ($10 for children and students). Click here to order yours.

    There are many other animal-centric events throughout the weekend you might be interested in.

    Visit Compassion Arts Festival for more information.

  • Madame Charpentier With Her Children and Dog by August Renoir

     

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    Madame Georges Charpentier With Her Children and Dog by August Renoir, 1878

    Love this.

    Via Pinterest via The Met.

  • Dog is Key to Stolen Paul Gauguin Painting

     

     

    Click here to view video on Dog Art Today

    Did you hear this crazy true-crime story about the Italian auto worker/art lover who paid 45,000 Lire (approximately $100 adjusted for today) for two paintings at the Italian Railways lost and found auction in 1975?

    The paintings turned out to be Fruits on a Table with Small Dog by Paul Gauguin, and Woman with Two Arm Chairs by Pierre Bonnard.

    They were stolen from a London art collector in 1970 by two men posing as burglar alarm technicians.

    Authorities think the thieves abandoned the paintings on the train due to fear of customs.

    The paintings hung on the auto worker's kitchen wall for close to 40 years. Their identity was only discovered when the man died and his son decided to sell them. Upon researching the paintings, he realized that the dog look very similar another Paul Gauguin dog painting.

    Now, it's been discovered that the original owner died and left no heirs.

    The paintings are worth between $14 million and $40 millions.

    Who should get to keep them?

    P.S. In other art heist news, I just watched four seasons of "White Collar" on Netflix. It's corny, con man, forgery, buddy-genre fun.  I really enjoyed it.

    P.P.S. I wish there was an undiscovered Bonnard Dachshund too.

  • National Tyler Foote Day

    Today is the two-year anniversary of Tyler Foote and I meeting.

    He has something to say…

     

     

    Art Talk with Tyler Foote view on YouTube

    We're getting off the computer now to go have some fun in town.

    Thank you for being my boy, Tyler Foote.

    Love, Moira.

  • Jane O’Hara Profiled on Hund und Kunst

     

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    Dog Looking Up by Jane O'Hara, 2004

    Viennese dog artist and dog-art blogger Petra Hartl presents a beautiful retrospective of ten years of Jane O'Hara's dogs at Hund und Kunst.   The Google translation is here.

    Jane O'Hara is curating "Beasts of Burden" in Boston, March 13 – May 5, 2014.

  • Katherine Carver Interviews Moira McLaughlin

     

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    dox-ZENS, works in progress and Tyler Foote with the dox-ZENS, 2014
     
     
    Katherine Carver is an accomplished photographer and blogger.  She writes about her Sheltie muses, Biscuit (1992 – 2013), and Victory at Biscuit's Space.  She also features in-depth interviews with dog-centric artists.  I feel very privileged that she included me.  Click here to read the interview in which we discuss my background, my conflict with the art world, and the genesis of Dog Art Today.
     
    Thank you, Katherine!
     
    P.S. If you would like Katherine to consider you for an interview visit her submissions page.   It was a fantastic experience.  I highly recommend it as a way view your work from a new perspective.

  • Seated Woman With Dog by Milton Avery at Christie’s

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    Seated Woman with Dog by Milton Avery, c. 1936.  Photo credit: Christie's Images Ltd. 2013 


    The American Art sale at Christie's New York this Thursday, May 23, 2013 will include Seated Woman with Dog by Milton Avery (1885-1965).  The 18 x 24 inch oil on board is estimated at $150,000 – $250,000.  It is Lot 105.

    Last week Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art sales set a record $638,615,900 in one week, including the evening sale on May 15th, which the raised $495,021,500, the highest sale total in auction history, including 16 new auction records for the foremost artists of the last 60 years.



    It will be interesting to see if Avery's dog breaks any records.

    Two Dog Art Today favorites, Nancy Schutt and Judy Henn, cite Milton Avery as an influence. 

    For more information and to preview the American Art Sale visit Christie's.

  • Beauty is Embarrassing Wayne White



    I am headed back into the studio today.   Feeling so inspired after watching “Beauty is Embarrassing,” Neil Berkeley’s documentary about Wayne White (Dogs on LSD, West Coast Pussy are two of my favorite dog paintings).   I highly recommend it.  You can get it on Netflix.


    Hat tip to Jennifer Davis for letting me know about it.

    Waye White’s website.

    Go make something…

  • Call of the Mild by David Corcoran

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    Call of the Mild, Acrylic on Plexiglass, 60" x 33"

    San Francisco readers, David Corcoran is showing new works this weekend at Mercury Cafe.  Stop by the opening party on Saturday, April 6, 2013, from 4-7 and meet David.   He told me Call of the Mild is the only dog art work in the show.  But at this scale, what more do you need?  All beers are happy hour prices, too.


    You might remember David's Man's Best Friend I posted the day after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy 2008.



    Mercury Cafe

    201 Octavia Street

    San Francisco, CA 94102

    415.252.7855