Althouse: "Call it hipster or call it art, rogue taxidermy’s popularity in New York and London is making its way to other urban locations in the United States..."

September 13, 2014

"Call it hipster or call it art, rogue taxidermy’s popularity in New York and London is making its way to other urban locations in the United States..."

"... where young and creative people have taken to reinventing the centuries-old process of removing and rearranging the skin of a dead animal."

The Washington Post trend-spots.

No mention of the Dead Pals of Sam Sanfillippo. Madison, Wisconsin was so far out ahead of this hipsterism it isn't even funny.

10 comments:

traditionalguy said...: War on animals. The dominant male has a place he at last wins one. Little mention of women active in this "art form," unless you count stuffing small rodents.; 9/13/14, 9:20 AM
Bob Boyd said...: Victor Brauner's Loup Table from 1939

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/468515167456323098/; 9/13/14, 9:32 AM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: Hipster towns used to full of characters. Now they're full of goose-stepping, rent-seeking harridans and schlubs.; 9/13/14, 10:48 AM
Fernandinande said...: Bob Boyd said...
Victor Brauner's Loup Table from 1939

Shorpy(.com) has a pic of a fancy lady wearing a stuffed white house-cat on her hat. (1920ish or so); 9/13/14, 11:11 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Please.

Punks have been doing this since the 80s.; 9/13/14, 1:10 PM
Ann Althouse said...: "Punks have been doing this since the 80s."

Sam Sanfillippo goes back way before that.; 9/13/14, 2:04 PM
Bob Boyd said...: This may be new in urban locations, but jackalope probably outnumber bison now in the American west.; 9/13/14, 2:53 PM
J said...: Mac's Taxidermy in St. Germain is more hip than these hipsters...

http://www.macstaxidermy.com/squirrel.htm; 9/13/14, 3:03 PM
Douglas B. Levene said...: I have a large, stuffed northern pickerel hanging in my Maine house - I caught it on a surface plug in shallow waters, about 40 years ago, fishing with my dad, and it brings back very happy memories. The taxidermist stretched the skin over a balsa wood model and then painted the skin to make it look like it was still alive. We don't have any animal heads, though, my wife doesn't like those. We have some big moose antlers, but those are dropped every year, you don't have to kill the moose to get the antlers. But I suppose if I was a hunter I'd want a trophy, although a whole stuffed moose would really take up a lot of room.; 9/13/14, 7:42 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: Ann Althouse,

"Sam Sanfillippo goes back way before that."

Jesus Christ, Ann, you're discussing a trend, not just some guy.

I say it started in the 80s,...; 9/14/14, 12:39 PM