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Iain Baxter
DIY Inspiration: Animal Preserve(s) by Iain Baxter, 1999
Plush in jars with distilled water.
Iain Baxter's 1999 work, Animal Preserve No.2, is a set of industrial shelves laden with about 500 preserving jars, large ones on the bottom shelves, smaller on the top. Each jar contains a stuffed animal pickled in distilled water. One's first reaction on seeing it is to laugh aloud with delight at seeing so many sizes and colours in such an incongruous setting. The sheer fun and magnitude of it is endearing. And then, upon reflection, come more serious thoughts: Is the word 'preserve' a double entendre? Is this really an animal 'preserve'? Is this how we 'preserve' our fellow mammals? Is this imposing creation a fantasy, or a parable? Is this art? (source)
Animal Preserve: The 3 Kingdoms 2008
I also posted DIY Halloween Inspiration: Teddy Bear Butcher Shop. This art installation was created by Miroslav Menschenkind using mutilated plush animals here (lots more photos).
Iain Baxter, Animal Preserve
From A Portfolio of Piles by N.E. Thing Co., Ltd.
Fillable logo by N.E. Thing Co., Ltd. / Iain Baxter&