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Steve: Thanks.Like the vert & horizontal lines, mountain & Daffy checking it all out!
Here are some photos. Two portraits (entitled The Killers), and then some fish from my ongoing series on these lovely fellows.
I know they are morbid, but I find them very fascinating as aesthetic objects. I don't think that is easy to see right off the bat, but I hope to try to make an installation or exhibition out of these, and I think printed large and in a group, they will better demonstrate what I am getting at.
Stuart: +1 to what Maggie said. I have to ask why "Killers"? The fish are a bit morbid, but as a collection in B & W (?) they'd be intriguing with the light and shadows and the grotesque detail. I'll, also, ask why dead fish are hanging around to apparently rot? An Icelandic treat?Goddamn, I love your work, Stuart!!
Angry? Well, how happy would you be? :ROTFL:I forgot one photo too, which may be my favorite one...he just looks so angry!
Stuart: Thanks and thanks for the info. I'm glad the "killers" weren't hiding out in Iceland. Excellent use of the fish. No waste. Also like the "angry" one. Cheers, MattMaggie -- I have some ideas for the installation, but I need to flesh them out .
Matt -- Thanks for the compliments. I called it The killers just because they look tough and angry in those photos, but they are actually both very sweet and nice people. It was just a joke.
The fish are hanging up to dry. After they are processed the most profitable fillets are sold to the home market, Europe, Asia and the US. The remaining parts of the fish -- the heads, spine and fins mostly -- is hung out to dry in the Icelandic countryside. There is very little in the way of pests in the cold arctic environment, and the constant wind makes the fish dry out rather than rot. It might also be salted, but I actually do not think these in particular are -- I believe they are just hung up. After a few months hanging, the fish is completely dried out, and is sent in bulk to Nigeria. There it is a delicacy -- I believe it becomes soup-base.
P.S. I love that first one you have there -- I think it is the most effective at conveying the feel of the sculpture. Very cool!
Ah, thanks! I've never seen a wolffish! I've eaten monkfish, tho'. YUM!The majority are cod and haddock, but the very ugly wide headed ones like in the first two photos are monkfish. In the last photo of my first post, the darker one with the big jaws is either an Atlantic wolffish or a spotted wolffish. They are all commonly eaten fish, the wolffish being the rarest of the bunch.
Nice ones Maggie. Especially these two. Love the color of his eyes in that last one. :thumbup:
Hey, thanks Lloyd!!! I love Bob's eyes; they're dreamy, well, for a cat.Nice ones Maggie. Especially these two. Love the color of his eyes in that last one. :thumbup: