Fierce
Friends logo with detail of Paul Meyerheim's The Jealous Lioness
I received a note and press release in April from the Carnegie Museum of Art asking me (and other art bloggers) to check out the 'Fierce Friends' exhibit online. It sounds very interesting although this is one that I would rather see in person than view online. The premise of the exhibit can be understood in a short excerpt from the press release below. I plan on attending the show in mid-June and will let you know my thoughts.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…An extensive and thought-provoking exhibition examining the complex and changing relationship between humans and animals will be on view at Carnegie Museum of Art from March 26 through August 27, 2006. Fierce Friends: Artists and Animals, 1750–1900 reveals how scientific discoveries, exploration, and new ideas during the Industrial Age affected the way artists in Europe and America thought about and depicted animals. Through paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, illustrated books, scientific specimens, and decorative arts objects, Fierce Friends explores the ways in which artists not only derived inspiration from science, natural history, and literature about animals, but also inspired and influenced these fields.
