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Animal

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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Print, Angels, Menashe Kadishman

Angels

Menashe Kadishman

Print . 53 x 73 x 0.5 cm Print . 20.9 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

$1,519

Print, The dog, Takeru Amano

The dog

Takeru Amano

Print . 69 x 69 cm Print . 27.2 x 27.2 inch

$1,433

Painting, Spraycan 2, Aiko

Spraycan 2

Aiko

Painting . 18 x 7 x 7 cm Painting . 7.1 x 2.8 x 2.8 inch

$1,075

Print, Feria 1, Claude Viallat

Feria 1

Claude Viallat

Print . 58 x 46 cm Print . 22.8 x 18.1 inch

$1,009

Print, Nervous, Slawn Opake

Nervous

Slawn Opake

Print . 70 x 70 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

$1,322

Print, Wild life 1, Oak Oak

Wild life 1

Oak Oak

Print . 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$179

Print, Catch The Stars, El Pez

Catch The Stars

El Pez

Print . 54.9 x 38.1 x 2.54 cm Print . 21.6 x 15 x 1 inch

$868

Print, Long chemin, Bellus

Long chemin

Bellus

Print . 70 x 50 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$179

Print, The King, Blek Le Rat

The King

Blek Le Rat

Print . 23 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print . 9.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch

$1,911

Print, Blue Leo, Mosko

Blue Leo

Mosko

Print . 45 x 45 x 0.01 cm Print . 17.7 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$179

Print, Paris, M.Chat

Paris

M.Chat

Print . 70 x 50 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$705

Print, Used to be cats, Chanoir

Used to be cats

Chanoir

Print . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$705

Print, The king, Blek Le Rat

The king

Blek Le Rat

Print . 23 x 31 cm Print . 9.1 x 12.2 inch

$1,911

Print, Horses, Franco Badellino

Horses

Franco Badellino

Print . 35.5 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 14 x 21.9 x 0 inch

$334

Print, Defiance, John Doe

Defiance

John Doe

Print . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$418

Print, Noise, Ravi Zupa

Noise

Ravi Zupa

Print . 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch

$179

Print, Bananappetit, Mr Brainwash

Bananappetit

Mr Brainwash

Print . 96.5 x 96.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 38 x 38 x 0 inch

$4,658

Print, Deja Vu, 1.10, James Ulmer

Deja Vu, 1.10

James Ulmer

Print . 76.2 x 55.9 x 2.54 cm Print . 30 x 22 x 1 inch

$7,053

Print, Birds, Marcello Pirro

Birds

Marcello Pirro

Print . 50 x 34.5 x 0.3 cm Print . 19.7 x 13.6 x 0.1 inch

$311