The Meeting / Rencontre
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 59.5 x 28 x 11.5 cm Sculpture - 23.4 x 11 x 4.5 inch
$8,857
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Sculpture - 59.5 x 28 x 11.5 cm Sculpture - 23.4 x 11 x 4.5 inch
$8,857
Sculpture - 25.5 x 36 x 31 cm Sculpture - 10 x 14.2 x 12.2 inch
$8,072
Sculpture - 59 x 68 x 21 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 26.8 x 8.3 inch
$9,866
Sculpture - 187 x 50 x 28 cm Sculpture - 73.6 x 19.7 x 11 inch
$49,328
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$673
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$673
Sculpture - 185 x 37 x 35 cm Sculpture - 72.8 x 14.6 x 13.8 inch
$21,301
Sculpture - 77 x 16 x 23 cm Sculpture - 30.3 x 6.3 x 9.1 inch
$6,615
Sculpture - 45 x 110 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 43.3 x 17.7 inch
$16,817
Sculpture - 30 x 70 x 30 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 27.6 x 11.8 inch
$33,633
Sculpture - 230 x 530 x 185 cm Sculpture - 90.6 x 208.7 x 72.8 inch
$190,587
Sculpture - 170 x 340 x 140 cm Sculpture - 66.9 x 133.9 x 55.1 inch
$96,303
Sculpture - 30 x 24 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.4 x 4.3 inch
$5,606
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
$673
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,502
Painting - 55 x 52 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,513
Sculpture - 11 x 30 x 12 cm Sculpture - 4.3 x 11.8 x 4.7 inch
$5,493
Painting - 52 x 54 x 1 cm Painting - 20.5 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
$1,121
Sculpture - 29 x 15 x 37 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 5.9 x 14.6 inch
$2,466
Sculpture - 40 x 60 x 48 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 23.6 x 18.9 inch
$11,099
Sculpture - 72 x 152 x 35 cm Sculpture - 28.3 x 59.8 x 13.8 inch
$114,352
Sculpture - 25 x 70 x 33 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 27.6 x 13 inch
$40,248
Sculpture - 50 x 120 x 45 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 47.2 x 17.7 inch
$78,477
Sculpture - 57 x 70 x 18 cm Sculpture - 22.4 x 27.6 x 7.1 inch
$45,954
Sculpture - 43 x 70 x 25 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 27.6 x 9.8 inch
$11,570
Sculpture - 25 x 40 x 15 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 15.7 x 5.9 inch
$6,615
Sculpture - 30 x 70 x 30 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 27.6 x 11.8 inch
$11,839
Sculpture - 45 x 110 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 43.3 x 17.7 inch
$61,661
Sculpture - 70 x 17 x 50 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 6.7 x 19.7 inch
$45,853
Sculpture - 70 x 17 x 50 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 6.7 x 19.7 inch
$26,906
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$10,650
Sculpture - 103 x 78 x 64 cm Sculpture - 40.6 x 30.7 x 25.2 inch
$5,606
Sculpture - 60 x 40 x 23 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 15.7 x 9.1 inch
$17,938
Sculpture - 32 x 19 x 12 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.5 x 4.7 inch
$1,401
Painting - 22 x 35 x 0.2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$673
Sculpture - 40 x 26 x 21 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 10.2 x 8.3 inch
$5,606
Sculpture - 32 x 25 x 28 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 9.8 x 11 inch
$729
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$852
Sculpture - 205 x 250 x 85 cm Sculpture - 80.7 x 98.4 x 33.5 inch
$5,135
Design - 9 x 13 x 8 cm Design - 3.5 x 5.1 x 3.1 inch
$549
Design - 13 x 13 x 5 cm Design - 5.1 x 5.1 x 2 inch
$538
Sculpture - 27 x 51 x 11 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 20.1 x 4.3 inch
$7,848
Print - 65.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$841
Sculpture - 120 x 230 x 70 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 90.6 x 27.6 inch
$5,157
Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$314 $157
Animals are often featured in news, sometimes in heartwarming tales of human and animal companionship and other times in heartbreaking stories of illegal trade and endangered species. Animals are even present in social sciences, especially thank to ethology (behavioural sciences of animals in their natural habitat). They have fascinated philosophers from Antiquity all the way through to today and they are even present in the medical realm, as the benefits of animal-assisted therapies have been scientifically proven.
The relationship between humans and animals is also taken into account in the politics, most notably when debating topics related to ecology, the protection of ecosystems and sustainable development. Thus, animals might be seen as a crucial indicator of humanity's concerns.
As well in these many sectors, animals are also very much present in the arts. A number of art museums have decided exhibitions to animals including the Cluny Museum in Paris and MoMA PS1 in New York. Whether simply a humble spectator in an 18th century painting or the central subject of a Courbet painting, animals are present throughout the history of art. From symbolic, to esthetic, to abstract, to animal drawings meant to simply record their appearance...all these representations have played a role in influencing artists and also how we characterise and think of individual animals.
Each civilisation has represented the animal on multiples supports (mosaics, metal, stone, bones, etc.) as seen on the Nerja cave wall paintings in Andalusia discovered in 1925. Animal iconography has had multiple purposes, varying according to the era and place. Bats, for example, are often used to represent death, fear or superstition in Western art, whereas the Chinese see them as a sign of happiness. The omnipresence of animals within cultures across the globe is probably down to the similarities between men and animal, a source of both fascination and fear.
In this selection, Artsper helps you to discover the beauty of the animal kingdom, its diversity, strength and fragility. Artists depict animals in a huge range of mediums: sculpture, painting, photographs, and drawings. Contemporary artists bring an original and poetic vision to their representations of the animals with whom we share our world.
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