ref. http://www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org/Artists/ArtistDetail.aspx?ArtistId=26565179-8516-444c-81ab-5c6f66be593d
Introducing JIHA MOON - Springfield III—Butterfly Dream, 2010 (detail). Hand screen print on silk organza, hand embroidery, acrylic, collage with Hanji paper. 37 ½ x 33 ½ inches (95.3 x 85.1 cm). In collaboration with the Fabric Workshop and Museum
ref. http://www.katiemcguire.com/gallery.html
Introducing KATIE MCGUIRE - "Butterfly Mannequin" (above) / "Butterfly Dream" (below)
My Comment: It is difficult for any artist to be consistent. Katie McGuire has maintained her unique consistency. Her uniqueness comes from blurring of boundaries between human and nature. The characters in her paintings don't have personalities. The butterflies are transformed so substantially as to look like starfishes, and as a result, we cannot imagine flying of butterflies. By eliminating personalities and movements, which are the elements making humans and butterflies differentiated from other objects, everything becomes the same as everything else. In her world, everything is only a part of her world. In that sense, her art world is similar to the world ancient Chinese conceived. In the ancient China, there was no word meaning nature as a counterparty of humans. Simply put, there was no boundary between humans and nature.
This is a BUTTERFLY bomb.
If I push the red button TWICE,
it will revive all of BUTTERFLIES,
which have ever existed on this Planet.
which have ever existed on this Planet.
Then, what would happen?
This is an open-ended question.
What would be your answer?
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