Human taxidermy

Centaurs, who doesn't love 'em? But chop off the torso and you get the entire spectrum of reactions. That's been the experience of Brooklyn-based artist

Both curious and unsettling, Kate Clark’s sculptures blend humanity and beings from the animal kingdom in wholly new creature. Using a mix of actual animal hides, foam, clay, rubber eyes, and other materials, the artist explores both history and our relationship to nature with each piece. The Brooklyn-based sculptor’s works have been featured in venues across the globe.

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In a bright, dusty loft next to the Brooklyn Navy Yard there is a studio that houses a menagerie of zebras, wolves, cougars, bears, greater kudu, gemsboks, baboons, and springbok. Except these animals are motionless and boast something never seen in nature: a human face. The word “taxidermy” originates from the Greek words taxi and […]

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Clark’s sculptures are disturbing, and so they should be.

A 12-part dissected human skull. Sliced horizontally so the viewer can examine and study each cross-section of the cranium. One of my original designs. www.ryanmatthewcohn.com. #ryanmatthewcohn #oddities #osteology #dissected #humanskulls #humanskull #realskulls #wunderkammer #beauchene #beaucheneskull #anatomy #anatomical

Taxidermy Mouse: Count Mousula by Deni Kendig of Sparrowsongs