Tail
Jane Dodd (b.1962), Artist 2014 © All rights reserved See full details
Object Detail
Description
This piece is one of five purchased from a group of work called "14 bits." It is part of a series called 'Rococo Revolution'.
Of this series, Dodd says: “A recent whirlwind tour of museums and treasure houses in Europe proved both exciting and nauseating in equal measures. The extravagance of the natural materials used and the incalculable hours of human graft manifest in the displayed objects shocked me. The magnificent and sumptuous housing of these elite collections was similarly staggering. However I couldn’t help but be guiltily grateful that the world was nutty and cruel enough for such excesses to have happened. My pleasure was my shame – or the other way around. 'Rococo Revolution' is my reaction to this experience. It illustrates my discomfort with the way we ‘hoover up’ wildlife and environment for our own frivolous ends. With these pendants I want to honour the simple, elegant forms of the animal world. The subject of the brooches is the battle between nature and culture. The collection of works pays homage to the crazy and rich craft traditions of the Rococo Age.”
Of this series, Dodd says: “A recent whirlwind tour of museums and treasure houses in Europe proved both exciting and nauseating in equal measures. The extravagance of the natural materials used and the incalculable hours of human graft manifest in the displayed objects shocked me. The magnificent and sumptuous housing of these elite collections was similarly staggering. However I couldn’t help but be guiltily grateful that the world was nutty and cruel enough for such excesses to have happened. My pleasure was my shame – or the other way around. 'Rococo Revolution' is my reaction to this experience. It illustrates my discomfort with the way we ‘hoover up’ wildlife and environment for our own frivolous ends. With these pendants I want to honour the simple, elegant forms of the animal world. The subject of the brooches is the battle between nature and culture. The collection of works pays homage to the crazy and rich craft traditions of the Rococo Age.”
Title
Tail
Production date
2014
Media
beef bone, ebony, oxidised sterling silver, cord
Measurements
whole piece: 88 x 20 x 15mm (h x w x d)
395mm (length with chord doubled)
395mm (length with chord doubled)
Credit line
Collection of The Dowse Art Museum, purchased 2015
Accession number
2015.4.1
