Artwork details
- Medium : Objects With Stand
- Dimensions : Length: 9in, Height: 9in, Depth: 5in
About this artwork
Wildlife, especially birds, numbers are in decline, especially song birds. This found object assembly is in defense of our birdlife that is under attack by domestic and feral felines that roam the environs, unchecked. The felines here are hand-painted action figures that are in stalk position. The bird is dead, but uneaten. Felines (domesticate) action figures circle and stalk a dead song bird (nature). Plastic, rusted metal, paper, feather, clay.…
A poem by Harkrader...
Seven feline plump and round
Look for birds to confound
Domestics full of Fancy Feast
Look for fowl to complete
Feathers full of lofty flight
Look for earth to alight
Birds full of sing and song
Look for seeds to prolong
Domestics full of power and might
Look to nature for a fight
Birds tremble like a tolling bell
Do birds go to heaven?
Do cats go to hell?
Seven feline plump and round
Look for birds to confound
Domestics full of Fancy Feast
Look for fowl to complete
Feathers full of lofty flight
Look for earth to alight
Birds full of sing and song
Look for seeds to prolong
Domestics full of power and might
Look to nature for a fight
Birds tremble like a tolling bell
Do birds go to heaven?
Do cats go to hell?
X Harkrader
United States
Credentials
- Major permanent collection
- International Exposure
- Residency Participant
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« Past experiences, present environment, imagination, and experimentation with mixed media allow me to echo my passions, peace, and pleasure »
X Harkrader is a painter and sculptor based in the United States whose works have been collected international collectors. He evolved from traditional landscapes and streetscapes to compositions that explore contemporary non-objective language that include action abstract and colour field. His objective exploration includes figurative, fashion, politics, and mythology.