If you’re queasy when it comes to taxidermy, we assure you that Sydney-based artist Troy Emery remedies that feeling with his colour-infused, craft material-swathed animals.
The sculptural animal forms, which Emery refers to as ‘faux taxidermy’, are unapologetically kitsch, almost comical in its gaudiness. But beneath the pom poms, tassels, tinsel and yarn, Emery’s work investigates the aesthetics of crafts associated with natural history, and man’s position of authority in relationship to animals. Completely covered and camouflaged, the strange collection of animals are surprisingly endearing, and the longer we look at them, the more they become pets we never thought we wanted…
More of Troy Emery’s work here and on Instagram.
Works © Troy Emery, Images via Martin Browne Contemporary
