Amy Stein: Domesticated
The images often involve re-creations of real stories of human and animal encounters in a small town in Pennsylvania that borders a forest. Once she has a story that she finds interesting, she researches the behavior of the animal involved, scouts locations, casts people and secures the appropriate taxidermied animals to recreate the event. Because of the "freeze-frame" nature of a photograph, it is nearly impossible to tell that the animals in the images are dead. The mix of real and fake creates an effect that is wonderfully unsettling.
Domesticated
Through 26 April 2008
Paul Kopeikin Gallery
6150 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035 map
tel. +1 323 937 0765
