Great Horned Owl
Kathryn Spence
Kathryn Spence’s owl sculptures work on several levels at once. This Great Horned Owl is a Lear of birds, ragged but regal. Like an impressionist painting, up close, he’s a bundle of discordant rags – old clothes, bits of recycled cloth – but back away and the illusion of life kicks in. The tilt of his head is pure predator.
The most delicious thing to me is that a recycled cloth owl is cuddly and cozy (mmmm, soft), but also a brutal representation of the biological food chain. His flesh is made of shredded Beanie Babies! Which means he’s just like a real owl – or any carnivore. We’re Nature’s recycling.
More of Kathryn Spence’s work is at the Stephen Wirtz gallery.
These are cool. I like.
I knew Beanie Babies were good for something