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RSS FeedsKasmin exhibits a new body of large-scale watercolors by Walton Ford
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15 october 2018 08:54:39

 
Kasmin exhibits a new body of large-scale watercolors by Walton Ford
(Artdaily.org)
 


Kasmin is pleased to present Barbary, a new body of large-scale watercolors by Walton Ford that inaugurates the gallery’s flagship space in Chelsea, New York. The series is a result of over eighteen years of research by Ford into the iconic Barbary lion. This subspecies—the subject of a long, ongoing cultural fascination—historically ranged across the Atlas Mountains of North Africa, but has been extinct in the wild since the early 20th century after over 2000 years of persecution. The Barbary lion is the lion of the Roman amphitheater, the lion painted by Delacroix, and the lion that roars for the Hollywood studio MGM. Expanding on Ford’s investigation into our collective perception of the natural world, Barbary uses the case study of this creature to exemplify humanity’s inclination to imbue the animal world with symbolism. The Barbary lion, depicted


 
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