Saturday, April 09, 2011

Skull Exhibition Project

Thought I'd show something I worked on recently. Noah Scalin of Skulladay fame is helping to curate an exhibition in Richmond, Virginia celebrating "Skull Appreciation Day". 100 artists were sent brown paper mache "skulls" as a base for whatever you wanted to do with them. There were a few restrictions, like not making it too large, but besides that we could do whatever we wished.

I then had some more fun and made a video of mine. 



The exhibition runs from June 3 through July 8 at Gallery 5, in Richmond, Virginia. Half of the proceeds will go to the Richmond Peace Education Center, and pieces will be priced fairly reasonably.


Because of where I put the "teeth", the skull really doesn't look human anymore, in my opinion. I gave the nut some protective coating like the rest of the skull, and it's given him a shiny look.

16 comments:

Jaffer said...

That's very neat Terry ! The wires make it look as if they were hair !

The word obituaries ... perfect !

Melissa said...

pretty cool...i have marked my calendar; i'm going to try to make it to Richmond and check out his exhibit.

hamstap85 said...

- I will not say skullpture -
- I will not say skullpture -
- I will not say skullpture -

Jay said...

beautiful!

Noah said...

Fantastic!! Can't wait to see it in person!

The Minute Man's Wife said...

kinda brings new meaning to the term "pea" brain! Love it!

SOe said...

I do not like skulls, but this one is just perfect! If I see correctly (it´s not that clear in the video), you even choose the articles very careful - matching the whole theme.

estefanny said...

I LOVE skulls!!!!!!! Agh, I wished I didn't live so out in the middle of nowhere!!! Hopefully one day I'll find something like that.

Ninotchka said...

BRILLIANT!

Ethyl Formate, AKA "Thelma" on SmugMug said...

Wonderful! Where you placed the "teeth" makes the skull look very simian, so the peanut inside the brain cavity is perfect. Very nice work.

El Snacktator said...

El Snacktator was directed over here for the food posts... El would like to say that while he loves them... he's still in charge.

The Minute Man's Wife said...

I thought your art was worthy of an award.... It's yours to claim in my last blog if you wish.

Citizen Agent said...

Smashing C said:

Despite all my rage I am still just a nut in a cage.

Glad to know I will be participating with an artist of your caliber.

Gaina said...

It's interesting when I saw it on you tube I thought it was a chimpanzee skull :). I love the little peanut on the swing.

lisleman said...

I know you probably didn't make it political but it could be the mascot for some swing-nuts.

Antique said...

Wow!
I like it, very fantastic! Fabulous!
I am wondering if the skull was own by a human or a chimpanzee ^_^ that was placed in a polished concrete floor.