Angela Singer’s concept of incorporating animals into her work was originally influenced by the love of her childhood dog. She …show more content…
The aim should be to create botched works that are transformative, that shock the viewer into a new way of seeing and thinking about the animal. Taxidermy can be traced back to England in the 19th century during the Victorian era. Results of the sport became a representation of wealth, strength and décor. The importance of taxidermy can be broken down, but one obvious aspect that identifies the hunter’s strength is the prey. Predominantly contextualizing taxidermy as the negative by-product of Victorian-era colonization “Why do humans need to constantly reassure ourselves of our supremacy over other species through the exclusion of that which is not?” The practice of taxidermy isn’t even for food. The purpose of it is to represent strength and power. Animals tend to be seen as soulless beings that have been put on this earth for us humans to control. There are artists working today who feel a sense of dominance over other