Animals, shapes, words, various. paperworkexplosion.tumblr.com sevendogyears.tumblr.com Scroll down for copyright & licensing info.Tumblr (3.0; @villagedog)http://villagedog.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4eadfef74e258224e91f25c66ea40b28/tumblr_mmm1fnq1J61qa5d37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ruth Thorne-Thomsen</p> <p><a href="http://www.schmidtdean.com/rtt.html" target="_blank">http://www.schmidtdean.com/rtt.html</a></p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50258677252http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50258677252Sun, 12 May 2013 10:24:23 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dee47402985b36b9f298a10e8925bbb1/tumblr_mmm1c5YEJL1qa5d37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, <em>Untitled (animals)</em>, 1979</p> <p><a href="http://www.josephbellows.com/" target="_blank">http://www.josephbellows.com/</a></p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50257972908http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50257972908Sun, 12 May 2013 10:12:21 -0400ruth thorne-thomsen<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/62917479" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Pinar Yoldas, <em>The Very Loud Chamber Orchestra of Endangered Species</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.endangeredspecies.be/" target="_blank">http://www.endangeredspecies.be/</a></p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50168237564http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50168237564Sat, 11 May 2013 10:48:16 -0400pinar yoldas<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5c15c97b555e8387e2dabb861b1d2d79/tumblr_mmlwfqgNI61qa5d37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kozyndan, <em>A Happy Day On A Dying Sea</em>, 2012</p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50167529446http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50167529446Sat, 11 May 2013 10:36:46 -0400otterskozyndan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4902cd2fa7c42b4e6934950fbf187a3f/tumblr_mmlvjqdNzq1qa5d37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lam Tung-pang, <em>Vanish</em></p> <p><a href="http://hongkongeye.org/" target="_blank">http://hongkongeye.org/</a><em><br/></em></p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50166774948http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50166774948Sat, 11 May 2013 10:24:17 -0400polar bearslam tung pang<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/05b2260128cdd79082dfec1030236fd4/tumblr_mmlvgxksHU1qa5d37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kui Ting Leung, <em>Landscape GPS</em></p> <p><a href="http://hongkongeye.org/" target="_blank">http://hongkongeye.org/</a></p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50166069201http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50166069201Sat, 11 May 2013 10:12:16 -0400kui ting leung<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bbb36dcdb04899478639595af272b095/tumblr_mmm11weXk11qz6ibho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://robertogreco.tumblr.com/post/50129512104/save-yourself-first-save-the-life-together-hit" target="_blank">robertogreco</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Save Yourself First; Save the Life Together</em>, Hit Man Gurung, 2012 (via Artbound: <a href="http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/los-angeles/hit-man-gurung-nepal.html" target="_blank">“Documenting Exodus: Hit Man Gurung and Nepal’s Departing Youth”</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50129668085http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50129668085Fri, 10 May 2013 21:22:00 -0400hit man gurung<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dba778ea14cde988b80a253b3db874ed/tumblr_mmldt5tMtJ1qa5d37o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Totem animal #145: silver fox averting the gaze</p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50097165941http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/50097165941Fri, 10 May 2013 12:58:00 -0400foxesTotem Animals<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/84e81361600a4775dbf35615c4811c92/tumblr_mmfcb531yx1qa5d37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sara Hendren, <em>Sentience/Silence: Wolf</em>, 2007</p> <p><a href="http://sarahendren.net/" target="_blank">http://sarahendren.net/</a></p> <p>(<a href="https://twitter.com/rogre" target="_blank">thanks to @rogre</a>)</p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/49854992865http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/49854992865Tue, 07 May 2013 10:12:17 -0400wolvessara hendren<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/73d7a40eb9db8bc951c866a0e8fa99d8/tumblr_mlhht6I4TR1rl1rfao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.theappendix.net/post/48334427786/hiroshige-fox-fires-on-new-years-eve-at-the" target="_blank">appendixjournal</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hiroshige, “Fox Fires on New Year’s Eve at the Garment Nettle Tree at Oji,” a woodblock print from 1857. Japanese legend has it that trickster fox spirits, or <em>kitsune</em>, have noctural gatherings once a year where they receive their orders for the year to come.</p> </blockquote>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/48372415771http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/48372415771Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:10:16 -0400foxeshiroshige<a href="http://villagedog.tumblr.com/tagged/maria-sibylla-merian">maria sibylla merian is 366</a>: <p>Pleasantly surprised to see today’s Google Doodle, which celebrates the 366th birthday of the German naturalist/illustrator. <a href="http://villagedog.tumblr.com/tagged/maria-sibylla-merian" target="_blank">About a year ago I had a lot of fun with this series of posts on her drawings of insects and other critters in Suriname.</a></p> <p>But the Doodle seems like a rather pale rendering of Merian’s work, no?</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02524/doodle_2524699b.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:SURI01:958B14P002PL04&size=large"/></p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46933414679http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46933414679Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:08:00 -0400google doodleslizardsmoths<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/368d046ef20e94988f5ba425d08efdc3/tumblr_mkflywemyD1rbxmy6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46630652198http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46630652198Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:24:00 -0400ghostseyes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1216a70891accdbf36a4db03fa0503c0/tumblr_mkapzpgDf71qa5d37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Esther Pearl Watson, <em>The Future (Portrait), </em>2012</p> <p><a href="http://cargocollective.com/ewatson/" target="_blank">http://cargocollective.com/ewatson/</a></p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46421078217http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46421078217Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:24:13 -0400esther pearl watsonfuture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5bf5787442982fb1425ec29c6925b005/tumblr_mi6jwjv2WU1qama5mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://moltenkin.tumblr.com/post/45885377606/www-rachellsumpter-com" target="_blank">moltenkin</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.rachellsumpter.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.rachellsumpter.com" target="_blank">www.rachellsumpter.com</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46420526760http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46420526760Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:12:19 -0400rachell sumpter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5cbfd00cec892e0f9873444da852e951/tumblr_mkajiqypaE1qa5d37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lina Tharsing</p> <p><a href="http://institute193.org/lina-tharsing-natural-history" target="_blank">http://institute193.org/lina-tharsing-natural-history</a></p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46374513523http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46374513523Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:28:09 -0400lina tharsingghostsnatural<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a4de790464cf002e92489f75b5a880aa/tumblr_mkajg2mdN51qa5d37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lina Tharsing, <em>Stork Diorama</em>, 2011</p> <p><a href="http://institute193.org/lina-tharsing-natural-history" target="_blank">http://institute193.org/lina-tharsing-natural-history</a></p> <p><a href="http://linatharsing.com/" target="_blank">http://linatharsing.com/</a></p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46374548587http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46374548587Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:28:00 -0400storkslina tharsingnatural history now<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bc8b1f7488b5c9df3497055df4698422/tumblr_mkajn0wlfr1qa5d37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lina Tharsing, <em>Albino</em>, 2011, oil on panel</p> <p><a href="http://institute193.org/lina-tharsing-natural-history" target="_blank">http://institute193.org/lina-tharsing-natural-history</a></p> <p><a href="http://linatharsing.com/" target="_blank">http://linatharsing.com/</a></p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46374476810http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46374476810Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:27:00 -0400natural history nowlina tharsing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/981e18baf444dbfbcdc03fb459eb8da4/tumblr_mjll3lTaJb1qbe857o8_500.jpg"/><br/> "Condor Group" by Lina Tharsing<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2eccd3deed59ebfe8959269ab16e1f94/tumblr_mjll3lTaJb1qbe857o5_500.jpg"/><br/> "Everything In Its Place" by Lina Tharsing<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/447847123e82074efe270900db243b9c/tumblr_mjll3lTaJb1qbe857o1_500.jpg"/><br/> "Make a New Forest" by Lina Tharsing<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/929870193a085f310a3a9e2bede92ed9/tumblr_mjll3lTaJb1qbe857o2_500.jpg"/><br/> "Making a Plan" by Lina Tharsing<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ebc216ce55308da8425df7eda65f9928/tumblr_mjll3lTaJb1qbe857o3_500.jpg"/><br/> "Preparation Room" by Lina Tharsing<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3c47a95cd408eb06b02e4df078c2c5a2/tumblr_mjll3lTaJb1qbe857o4_500.jpg"/><br/> "Tiger Diorama" by Lina Tharsing<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5691d20b1dd2cb1a9a8578d7d2f19abc/tumblr_mjll3lTaJb1qbe857o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/34a8b317dc7344e0a1fa8e14d28fbf56/tumblr_mjll3lTaJb1qbe857o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>h/t <a href="http://twitter.com/rogre" target="_blank">@rogre</a></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://richardmccoy.tumblr.com/post/45262719397/something-to-check-out-at-the-university-of" target="_blank">richardmccoy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Something to check out at the University of Kentucky Hospital: <strong>Lina Tharsing’s</strong> installation of a group of six paintings that reference images from the creation of the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.  These paintings have been installed at the <strong><em>Albert B</em><span>. </span><em>Chandler Hospital </em></strong>in Lexington, Kentucky.<strong><em>  (</em></strong><span>This is a <a href="http://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/arts/" target="_blank">UK Arts in Healthcare</a> project.)</span></p> <p><span>These paintings relate to her exhibition “<a href="http://institute193.org/lina-tharsing-natural-history" target="_blank">Natural History</a>” at Institute 193 in Lexington, Kentucky. She was recently interviewed about this work in <a href="http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/2011-interview-with-lina-tharsing/2257" target="_blank">Whitehot Magazine</a>.  </span></p> </blockquote>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46374348587http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46374348587Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:26:12 -0400lina tharsingnatural history now<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b88100212a5283c01ab64e0938e7be57/tumblr_mkaikaMhGy1qa5d37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lina Tharsing, <em>Natural History Museum II</em>, 2011, oil on canvas</p> <p><a href="http://institute193.org/lina-tharsing-natural-history" target="_blank">http://institute193.org/lina-tharsing-natural-history</a></p> <p><a href="http://linatharsing.com/" target="_blank">http://linatharsing.com/</a></p>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46374413208http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46374413208Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:26:00 -0400lina tharsingnatural history nowcheetahsgazelles<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/276449bd52169bbac1a7f38bc0c10956/tumblr_mj6z19OQ2Y1s7aky5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://zooportraits.tumblr.com/post/44628434656/penguin-by-yago-partal" target="_blank">zooportraits</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>PENGUIN by <a href="http://www.yagopartal.com/" title="Yago Partal" target="_blank">Yago Partal</a></p> </blockquote>http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46108378009http://villagedog.tumblr.com/post/46108378009Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:36:14 -0400Penguinsyago partal