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Plate from George Frederick Kunz & Charles Hugh Stevenson’s The Book of the Pearl, 1908.

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animals by jingze du

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Liang Fu (Chinese, 1993) - Glimmers of the Forgotten (2024)

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zoning out in the kitchen waiting for my coffee to brew

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'Ariadne on Naxos' (1925), Joseph Edward Southall (English, 1861-1944).

Image source: Art UK

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JEAN PAINLEVE

Jean Painlevé was a filmmaker and photographer who spent much of the 20th century turning underwater fauna into graphic, surrealist photos. Brigitte Berg, a Painlevé archivist and director of Les Documents Cinématographiques in Paris, France said, “He was a maverick in a way, and he would often disagree with the official dogma; he was very much a libertarian.” Not only did he educate with his work but invited the viewer into a world of his own creation. One contrived of his passion for the ocean and deep affection for the underwater inhabitants, he allowed his imagination to portray his work into the public eye which he thought didn’t care for his work. True to his passion and own sense of identity, Jean Painlevé was a surrealist true to his own vindication that allowed for his success to be renowned among the scientific community and to the artists who followed his movement.

Work:

PINCE DE HOMARD (1929)

OURSIN (1927)

ARAIGNÉE ET PROFIL (1930)

CARAPACE DE L’OURSIN DE ROCHE (1927)

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Rufino Tamayo, Animals, Mexico , 1941, oil on canvas, 76.5 x 101.6 cm , MoMA, New York

"Painted on the eve of America's entry into World War II, while Tamayo was living in New York, this pair of snarling dogs captures, in the words of fellow Mexican painter Juan Soriano, "that horror before a world that was turning to stone before our eyes."

Set against an eerily vacant yellow backdrop bathed in a red glow, the dogs, with their fangs bared, strike an anxious note, while the pale-blue bones near their paws suggest death or carnage. The subject matter was likely inspired not only by contemporary events but by pre-Columbian terracotta burial sculptures. In Aztec and Maya mythology, dogs were considered guides to the underworld, and statues of them were often buried with members of the ruling class." - from the website of MoMA

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Jean Painlevé, Le Voyage dans le ciel, 1937

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Rufino Tamayo - Bust in Red

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Rufino Tamayo, Girl Attacked by a Strange Bird, 1947

Oil on canvas

Dimensions : 70 x 50 1/8" (177.8 x 127.3 cm)

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TETSUYA ISHIDA

My Anxious Self | Curated by Cecilia Alemani

September 12–October 21, 2023 555 West 24th Street, New York

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Tetsuya Ishida (Japanese, 1973-2005), Weaning, 2002. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60.6 cm.

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Masao Saito

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(vía A Bug’s Life: David and Marian Fairchild’s *Book of Monsters* (1914) — The Public Domain Review)

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Book of Monsters, by David and Marian Fairchild, 1914