{"id":149168,"date":"2020-11-18T14:31:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T19:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=149168"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:02:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T20:02:04","slug":"dead-birds-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/18\/dead-birds-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"(Dead) Birds of America"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI\u2019ve always had a thing with birds,\u201d said the artist Ida Applebroog in a 2016 interview<\/a>. A few years ago, inspired by John James Audubon\u2019s ornithological paintings<\/em>, she began a series of works that foreground her longtime fascination with all things feathered. Unlike Audubon\u2019s birds, which were brought beautifully to life on paper after being shot, eviscerated, and splinted into position by the naturalist himself, Applebroog\u2019s birds don\u2019t hide their mortality. A bluebird lies belly up, its ruddy breast exposed. An owl sprawls out with its eyes closed. A pair of gray woodpeckers dip their heads back, beaks pointed toward a sky to which they\u2019ll never return. \u201cApplebroog Birds<\/a>,\u201d a new show devoted to the artist\u2019s avian works, will be on view at Hauser & Wirth\u2019s Twenty-Second Street location through December 19, 2020. A selection of images appears below.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ida Applebroog, Cardinal<\/em>, 2018, ultrachrome ink on mylar, 52 1\/2 x 40″. \u00a9 Ida Applebroog. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Emily Poole.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ida Applebroog, Bluebird<\/em>, 2018, ultrachrome ink and gel on mylar, 22 5\/8 x 42 1\/2″. \u00a9 Ida Applebroog. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Emily Poole.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ida Applebroog, Woodpecker<\/em>, 2018, ultrachrome ink on mylar, 53 7\/8 x 44 7\/8″. \u00a9 Ida Applebroog. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Emily Poole.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Installation view, \u201cApplebroog Birds,\u201d Hauser & Wirth New York, Twenty-Second Street, 2020. \u00a9 Ida Applebroog. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Thomas Barratt.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ida Applebroog, Portraits (Canary)<\/em>, 2019, ultrachrome ink and gel on mylar, 50 x 48″. \u00a9 Ida Applebroog. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Emily Poole.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ida Applebroog, Specimens (Ruby Throated Hummingbirds)<\/em>, 2018, watercolor, plaster, burlap, copper wire, twine, paper, and wood, 19 3\/4 x 8 1\/4 x 2 1\/8″. \u00a9 Ida Applebroog. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Emily Poole.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ida Applebroog, Owl<\/em>, 2018, ultrachrome ink and gel on mylar, 83.8 x 111.8 cm \/ 33 x 44″. \u00a9 Ida Applebroog. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Emily Poole.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cApplebroog Birds<\/a>\u201d will be on view at Hauser & Wirth\u2019s Twenty-Second Street location through December 19, 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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