Taxidermy Passenger Pigeons

Art Director: Danielle Kunkel

Year: 2021

Size: Roughly true to bird species

Type: Soft sculpture | Painting | Research

Media: Gouache on stuffed canvas

These “taxidermy” passenger pigeons are part of my Bye Bye Birdies project as an homage. They were once the most abundant bird in the Americas, but became extinct due to human disruption. In my installation, they foreshadow how our favorite birds today might only live in taxidermy form tomorrow if action is not swiftly taken.

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View more of Bye Bye Birdies:

  • Bye Bye Birdies—Installation

  • Bye Bye Birdies—The Birds

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  • Passenger Pigeon — oil painting

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