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Today’s show: “Puppies Puppies: HorseshoeCrabs HorseshoeCrabs” closed on Saturday, September 26, at Freddy Gallery in Baltimore. The solo exhibition featured an homage to the namesake animal with horseshoe-crab exoskeletons painted in various mediums, vinyl works, and a live performance.
Here’s Puppies speaking on behalf of horseshoe crabs:
The horseshoe crab… It has evolved onnnnly so much as to further its existence & existence it has achieveddd…. 445 million years worth….. horseshoe crabs and paintings seem to relate in my mind. They are expressions that have survived the test of time. By linking the two I’m expressing my need as an artist (not by me being the actual artist that painted the paintings) but my need to present the paintings in this context. Maybe these expressions are addressing my need to survive and to hide under many layers in order to do so. To understand my fleeting existence but know that humans like me will continue to paint. To breed on the shoreline in shallow water only to propel the existence of my expressions and the expressions to come later on. I feel very deeply for these creatures.
Freddy is closing later this month.
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Puppies Puppies, Horseshoe crab blood drive (mass), 2015, reusable vinyl.
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Puppies Puppies, Freddy (painted by Tom Matarazzo), 2015, paint on horseshoe crab exoskeleton.
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Puppies Puppies, 'HorseshoeCrabs HorseshoeCrabs,' 2015, installation view.
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Puppies Puppies, 'HorseshoeCrabs HorseshoeCrabs,' 2015, installation view.
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Puppies Puppies and Erin Hauer, Human Horseshoe Crab (performance), 2015, custom costume by Erin Hauer, dimensions variable, performance view.
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Puppies Puppies, Face (painted by Johnny Rizzo), 2015, enamel on horseshoe crab exoskeleton.
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Puppies Puppies, Face (painted by Seth and Rauchelle Burke), 2015, mixed media on horseshoe crab exoskeleton.
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Puppies Puppies, Yellow monochrome (painted by Joshua Abelow), 2015, paint on horseshoe crab exoskeleton.
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