Walton Ford Exhibition
Paul Kasmin Gallery
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This will be Ford's first exhibition with the gallery since his traveling retrospective, Tigers of Wrath, and the publication of Pancha Tantra, a comprehensive monograph of his work.
With meticulous detail, Ford's work depicts animals embodying degrees of personification in the context of isolated historical events. Transient moments recalled in Ford's work comment on, in his words, "the cultural history of our relationship with animals." Ford is especially interested in the perceptions of animals by humans as evidenced by documentation. After researching specific stories, Ford offers his interpretation—sometimes exaggerating the animal's supposed humanness and in other instances, stripping the animal of imposed metaphors, and thereby restoring the candor of the animal's bestial state. The anthropomorphic nature of Ford's animals is often compared to the work of artist, John J. Audubon, one of Ford's many influences.
[Image: Walton Ford “Loss of the Lisbon Rhinoceros” (2008) water color, gouache, pendil and ink on paper, left 98 1/4 x 42 3/4 in. middle 98 1/4 x 62 3/4 in. right 98 1/4 x 42 3/4 in. ]
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Schedule
from May 08, 2008 to July 03, 2008