What do you get when you put prehistoric animals and nude selfies together? You get the cleverly creative artwork of Gainesville, Florida artist Scott Horsley. He creates these amazing diptychs from ink, charcoal, and gouache. This series of Horsley's, titled Natural History, juxtaposes two very different imagery together to create a very compelling visual language. Natural History refers to the natural progression of life from prehistoric animals to the dominant animals on earth as of now...obviously being humans. This is what makes this series so hilariously perfect! Why do we love taking pictures of ourselves nude in front of the mirror? The fact that "selfie" was Oxford's word of the year for 2013 says it all.
To put this kind of strange "selfie" culture in the context of natural history as a whole is pretty ingenious. Horsley's smart and funny work is so impressive...but I could NOT find his official artist website! So make sure to check out more of Horsley's artwork at Bert Green Fine Art, a contemporary art gallery representing him in Chicago. In the mean time, stay tuned for more posts focusing on artists that create incredible diptychs...because I am definitely in love!
To put this kind of strange "selfie" culture in the context of natural history as a whole is pretty ingenious. Horsley's smart and funny work is so impressive...but I could NOT find his official artist website! So make sure to check out more of Horsley's artwork at Bert Green Fine Art, a contemporary art gallery representing him in Chicago. In the mean time, stay tuned for more posts focusing on artists that create incredible diptychs...because I am definitely in love!