13 International Dogs
Object Label
Interested in how museums construct art-historical narratives, Gala Porras-Kim incorporates objects from museum collections into drawings that are at once humorous and critical. 13 International Dogs may appear deadpan in its seemingly clinical representation of variously animated ancient canines from global art history, but Porras-Kim looks insightfully at the ways the meanings of objects change when they enter different spaces and different histories, especially through the conceptual work of an artist. Have museums artificially separated historical objects from contemporary art? What happens to the meaning of both when they become part of an integrated conversation?
Caption
Gala Porras-Kim Colombian, born 1984. 13 International Dogs, 2019. Graphite, color pencil, and ink on paper mounted on canvas, 60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2019, 2019.22. © artist or artist's estate
Gallery
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Gallery
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Artist
Title
13 International Dogs
Date
2019
Medium
Graphite, color pencil, and ink on paper mounted on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.9 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2019
Accession Number
2019.22
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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Frequent Art Questions
What is this one? Are there two dogs here or one?
There are two dogs here! This represents an ancient terracotta sculpture from Colima, Mexico.This sculpture of mating dogs is in the collection of the De Young Museum in San Francisco.Thank you!
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