Déesse IV – The Wolves by Delphine Lebourgeois
Déesse is the French word for goddess.
Via Eyestorm.
Tag: wolves
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Simone Rea
Wooolf
I don't know anything about Simone Rea except that I'm pretty sure he is Italian, she enjoys illustrating animals, and he has a Maurice Sendak meets Camilla Engman vibe. I found him via one of my favorite visual blogs from Portuguese artist Carlos Quitério, FitaCola, one of the few blogs I receive directly in my inbox. Simone Rea didn't have any dogs, but he features several wolves in his work and one spectacular goat. Enjoy.
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Wolf and Sheep
Goat
Visit Simone Rea's blog to see more of his work. I also love his fish images.
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Dave McKean’s Wolves
MoonMy friend James Panozzo of Lawrence Asher Gallery and pig roast fame recently wed Lowbrow maven Merry Karnowsky. Last week, I stopped by Merry’s gallery, The Merry Karnowsky Gallery, to extend my best wishes and see the opening of Dave McKean: Persistence of Vision.
Dave is one of those artists who is as prolific as he is masterful. Three rooms were packed with his drawings, mixed media paintings, and, perhaps my favorite, his photograph series called The Particle Tarot: The Major Arcana. (I dabble in Tarot card reading, so I was immediately intrigued.) It was truly awe-inspiring.
I confess this was my first exposure to his work. He has a huge following in the graphic novel/comic book world and is said to be influenced by contemporary graphical artists José Antonio Muñoz and Lorenzo Mattotti. To me, his work resonated with the spirit of preeminent cubist Georges Braque (1882-1963).
Violin and Candlestick by Georges Braque, 1910Inspired by the haunting wolf in Moon (top) I did some digging for more “dogs” in his art. I was surprised to discover McKean is a children’s book illustrator, collaborating with Neil Gaiman on The Wolves in the Walls
, the story of a young girl’s discovery of, yes, wolves in her walls. Amazon calls it “terrifying.” The New York Times selected it as one of the best children’s book for 2003.
The success of the book inspired the stage production of the same name last year at the National Theater of Scotland. The Guardian called it “Endearingly terrifying…Like Bambi with fangs.”
AP photo by Richard CampbellFinally, Dave McKean is also a celebrated filmmaker and a highly anticipated compilation of 17 of his short films called Keanoshow is being released today on DVD. You can buy it here
I have only scratched the surface of the body of work of this amazing artist. Here are some resources if you too are now a fan.
The Art of Dave Mckean is a comprehensive fansite.
The official Dave McKean website is a work in progress.
See images of The Persistence of Vision at The Merry Karnowsky Gallery and purchase limited edition prints and the catalogue here.
The show runs until August 16, 2008.
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Head On by Cai Guo-Qiang
Click on photo to see larger image.Apologies for this late notice, but you have only one more day to see world renowned Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang's Head On at the Guggenheim. Made from 99 plaster cast wolves intricately crafted from painted sheepskin, hay stuffing, and metal wires, this powerful installation would be awesome to behold in person.
If you miss it, look for Cai's work at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics beginning 8.8.08. As a Chinese nationalist with a penchant for fireworks, I'm sure sparks will fly on philosophical, artistic, and probably political levels. Can't wait!
Cai with part of Head On, 2006 by Ethan Levitas
Read more about him in Peter Schjeldahl's New Yorker piece.
And thanks to the fabulous Michèle of Eurodog for the heads up about Head On.
