ridraw:‘Anthropocene’ Rebekah Irving2014 - PresentMedia: Male Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) skeleton/skin,
ridraw:‘Anthropocene’ Rebekah Irving2014 - PresentMedia: Male Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) skeleton/skin, Male Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) skeleton/skin, Male Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) skeleton/feathers, Female Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) skeleton/skin Preserved Bees (various species)“As our drive for progress and success intensifies, as does the impact we have on the mere existence of life as we know it. Humans are facing an extinction event, one of which we have potentially accelerated through our own endless means. All around us Non-Human Animals that were once plentiful are disappearing, or are flourishing to a scale of uncountable numbers. Here you see some of the most plentiful animals in the UK of whoms death came as consequence of our progression. Anthropocene is the beginning of a lifelong project of the collection and documentation of beings from this new age of man, it is only in time whether or not these examples of Animals of plenty become specimens of the extinct or the elusive and cryptic…” - Rebekah Irving, 2015Debut at the University of Cumbria, Carlisle CALDEWGATE:1991-2015 group exhibition, open from 17th July - 30th July 2015University of Cumbria Caldewgate CampusKendal St Carlisle Cumbria CA2 5UF01228 616234 Opening TimesMonday - Friday: 11am - 5pmSaturday: 12pm - 4pmSunday: Closedhttps://www.facebook.com/caldewgate?fref=ts*Animals in this series have been casualties of road collisions in the UK**This work has been a labour of love, please help by retaining credit to the artist, asking permission before use, and refrain from duplication.CONTACT EMAIL: [email protected]: www.rebekahirving.comTUMBLR: www.ridraw.tumblr.comFLICKR: www.flickr.com/people/rebekahirvingINSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/rebekahirvingBEHANCE: www.behance.net/REBEKAH_IR83ef -- source link
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