Joana Vasconcelos, Manicure, 2012
Dr. Seuss would love Choi Jeong Hwa’s tree installation as much as Slow Art Day does.
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), Taxidermy
Seuss embarked on an ingenious project in the early 1930s as he evolved from two-dimensional artworks to three-dimensional sculptures. What was most unusual for these mixed-media sculptures was the use of real animal parts including beaks, antlers and horns from deceased Forest Park Zoo animals where Seuss’s father was superintendent. Unorthodox Collection of Taxidermy was born in a cramped New York apartment and included a menagerie of inventive creatures with names like the “Two Horned Drouberhannis,” “Andulovian Grackler,” and “Semi-Normal Green-Lidded Fawn.” Shortly after Seuss created this unique collection of artworks, Look Magazine dubbed Seuss “The World’s Most Eminent Authority on Unheard-Of Animals.” To this day, Seuss’s Unorthodox Collection of Taxidermy remains as some of the finest examples of his inventive and multi-dimensional creativity. (via)
Joana Vasconcelos, Blup, 2002
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Suess Geisel), A Plethora of Fish
Dr. Seuss, Surly Cat Being Ejected
Joana Vasconcelos, Tubex, 2009
One day each year – April 12 in 2014 – people all over the world visit local museums and galleries to look at art slowly. Participants look at five works of art for 10 minutes each and then meet together over lunch to talk about their experience. That’s it. Simple by design, the goal is to focus on the art and the art of seeing.
