Janine Antoni
to return, 2015
polyurethane resin
37 x 17 x 17 in
94 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm
94 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
Further images
'to return,' is composed of a human coccyx resting on a wooden stool: our vestigial tail sitting in an erstwhile tree. A reminder of whence we’ve come. Antoni asks, is...
"to return," is composed of a human coccyx resting on a wooden stool: our vestigial tail sitting in an erstwhile tree. A reminder of whence we’ve come. Antoni asks, is there something perverse about “civilization”? Is it the animal inside us or our separation from our true nature that makes us monstrous?
All this evolution, but how far have we actually gotten? Are humans less or more monstrous than monkeys?
All this evolution, but how far have we actually gotten? Are humans less or more monstrous than monkeys?