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Flayed Man, Museum of Comparative Anatomy, Paris

2005
(American, b. 1953)
America, 21st century
chromogenic process color print
Image: 121.9 x 152.4 cm (48 x 60 in.); Paper: 121.9 x 152.4 cm (48 x 60 in.); Mounted: 121.9 x 152.4 cm (48 x 60 in.)
Judith and James Saks in memory of Lynn and Dr. Joseph Tomarkin Endowment 2010.271
© Richard Barnes
Location: 001A ArtLens Exhibition
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The Museum of Comparative Anatomy in Paris includes the skeleton of an African elephant once owned by King Louis XIV of France.

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Look closely at the things in Richard Barnes’s photograph of the Museum of Comparative Anatomy in Paris. An army of skeletons seems to march together in the same direction. A flayed human figure, or a figure with its musculature revealed, is at the head of the group. While these different species would never have realistically mingled, the museum display constructs this artificial reality. Barnes’s work often explores how museums make meaning through the selective display and interpretation of objects.
Flayed Man, Museum of Comparative Anatomy, Paris

Flayed Man, Museum of Comparative Anatomy, Paris

2005

Richard Barnes

(American, b. 1953)
America, 21st century

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