CHARLOTTE DUMAS – ANIMA
2013-01-14Anima. The series was commissioned by and recently exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and is comprised of portraits of the majestic burial horses of Arlington National Cemetery. Dumas photographed these animals in their stalls as they relaxed and moved towards sleep after a day of work. Exposed only with available light, these pictures are both powerful and intimate. She has also created a video work that will be screened in the project gallery portraying the animals as they drift in and out of sleep.
Dumas travels the world making evocative formal portraits of animals, characterizing them by their utility, social function, or by the way they relate to people. “The bond between mankind and animals, and the extensive history that it accompanies, is my great interest,” says Dumas as she seeks to express how humans “use and regard animals for our own purposes, literally and symbolically.”
Exhibition runs through till March 9th, 2013
Julie Saul Gallery
535 West 22 Street
6th Floor
New York
NY
10011
