As a follow-up to Zoology (2019), this new series, entitled Raubtiere (Predators), features red fluorescent paper markings applied to original 19th-century animal prints. These prints initially appeared in Naturgeschichte der Vögel für Schule und Haus (1887), a renowned study on ornithology published by G. H. von Schubert in 1887. I did somehow “respect” these magnificent images, not daring to paint directly over them; instead I superimposed paper cut-outs painted in fluorescent red. These two layers are set under a glass plate on which I have printed reproductions of old engravings depicting real or imaginary islands such as Balnibarbi, Laputa or Cythera.
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Raubtiere 10, 30×40.
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Raubtiere 11, 32×42.
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Raubtiere 12, 32×42 (sold).
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Raubtiere 13, 32×42.
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Raubtiere 14, 32×42.
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Raubtiere 17, 32×42.
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Raubtiere 18, 32×42.
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Bordeaux, Troisième oeil gallery, March-April 2021.
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