What Lies on Top
Graphite 19 x 24.5 inches I have a love for all animals. When I see monkeys though, a certain strange unsettling feeling creeps into my love for them. I think it may be because certain qualities - like their facial expressions and deft fingers - remind me so much of my own. It becomes even stranger when we think about how we are closely connected. Textbooks teach us that monkeys and primates are the closest "cousins" to us humans, yet we still keep them locked up in cages at the zoo and study them and watch them. I tried to create a world where we could live together, a world bridged by the things that appear to be the most similar like bones and fingers. I want to send the message that we are closer than we think we are. |