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Taxidermy Alexis Turner Alexis Turner is the founder of London Taxidermy and has been buying, selling and hiring out specimens for twenty years. His clients include film and TV studios, fashion and jewelry designers, interior decorators, artists, advertising agencies, magazines, theatres, private collectors and museums.
350 colour illustrations 24.0 x 17.0cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 516706 May
£19.95 4 Design
The definitive volume on an art form with a rich history and a cult popularity From style wilderness to height of cool, taxidermy has staged an extraordinary comeback. No longer confined to stately homes and trophy rooms, stuffed animals are appearing everywhere, from contemporary apartments to luxury department stores and art galleries. Meticulously organized and Illustrated with hundreds of photographs that explore every aspect of this rich art form, this book is the most comprehensive and beautiful survey of taxidermy ever produced. It features the world’s greatest museums, private collections rarely seen by the public, famous anthropomorphic taxidermy by Walter Potter and others, and bizarre examples of freaks and fakes. It also reproduces work by the most important contemporary artists working with taxidermy today, including Charles Avery, Neil Hamon, Polly Morgan, Tessa Farmer, Iris Schieferstein, Reid Peppard, Thomas Grünfeld, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, and Wim Delvoye. Curated, captioned and introduced by Alexis Turner, the founder of London Taxidermy, this book provides a connoisseur’s eye of a vast and fascinating subject.