{"id":3987,"date":"2011-10-11T15:06:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T15:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2011-11-12T15:07:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T15:07:09","slug":"faunamorphic-figure-3-by-david-hannan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=3987","title":{"rendered":"Faunamorphic (Figure #3) by David Hannan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Fauna.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3988\" title=\"Fauna\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Fauna.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a>(polymerized gypsum, steel, polyurethane foam, wood)<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>October 11 &#8211;\u00a0November 11, 2011<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Daily until 12 am<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Roadside Attractions<\/strong><br \/>\n911 Davenport Road,<br \/>\nToronto, ON \u00a0M6G 2B7<br \/>\ninfo@weseeinc.com&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0M\u00e9tis artist David Hannan works with taxidermy-form sculptures to explore vulnerability, both in humans and in nature.\u00a0 Hannan\u2018s taxidermic hybrids present tension and beauty in the merging of animals into sculptures and at the same time, suggest landscape in the gentle undulations of the forms.\u00a0 Many of the themes in Hannan\u2019s art derive from his aboriginal heritage, particularly his engagement with history and notions of territory.\u00a0 His work utilizes taxidermy forms to make transformational sculptures that evoke responses of fear, aggression and endearment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Traditionally taxidermy forms have been used as the basis of a hunter\u2019s trophy: the skin of an animal is stretched over the form to be preserved.\u00a0 In Hannan\u2019s work, animal skin is replaced with packing tape and wool felt blankets evoking a sense of fragility.\u00a0 The blankets suggest a need for warmth, protection, shelter, love and understanding.\u00a0 They can also suffocate or allow us to hide from our fears.<\/p>\n<p>You can see more on the artist&#8217;s website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidhannan.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.davidhannan.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 11 &#8211; November 11, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roadside Attractions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Hannan\u2019s work, animal skin is replaced with packing tape and wool felt blankets evoking a sense of fragility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=3987\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-listings_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3987"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3991,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions\/3991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}