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Taxidermy as art

By laelaps on June 23, 2008.

If you liked last week's post about the creation of The Whale at the AMNH you will definitely want to check out the new issue of Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture. The theme for the present issue is "rogue taxidermy," and it includes pieces on strange amalgamations of stuffed animals, nature dioramas as art, and other related stories. If you're interested in the topic in general then you should also have a look at Windows on Nature, Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads, and Evolution, too.

The main page for the magazine says that it's looking for submissions on a number of topics for future issues, as well, so if you've got the itch to contribute something I would definitely encourage you to do so. The "Animals: The Beautiful and the Ugly" theme might give me good reason to finally write that article about spotted hyenas that I've been meaning to get to for a while...

[Hat-tip to Michael]

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