Gathering Paradise
Sandy Skoglund
American, born 1946
Details
Title
Gathering Paradise
Artist/Maker
Sandy Skoglund (American, born 1946)
Date
1991
Medium
Dye coupler print
Dimensions
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Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Henderson, III
Accession #
1991.270
Location
Currently not on view
Like many of installation artist and photographer Sandy Skoglund’s surrealist views of domestic spaces, this macabre, pink-tinged scene of squirrels running riot across a patio suggests the frenetic anxiety that bubbles beneath the placid appearance of suburban life. Eschewing digital manipulation, Skoglund meticulously constructs room-size theatrical sets—in this case, complete with sculpted squirrels—which she then photographs. At once funny and unsettling, her photographs of everyday spaces invaded by a menagerie of fantastical animals reveal the nightmarish aspects of the American dream.
Image Copyright
© (c) Sandy Skoglund