Art Appreciating Gecko Visits Museum With Gecko Art
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Jill Young (@jillisyoung) on Apr 7, 2020 at 8:26am PDT
Inspired by the Tiny Gerbil Art Museum, performer Jill Young quite thoughtfully built a miniature art museum for her pet gecko who simply goes by "The Mayor". The gallery provided custom gecko artwork based upon famous paintings that were hung on the walls with a red velvet rope separating viewers from the artwork. The Mayor, however, had no problems crossing that line as he is a true art aficionado.
what if i did this for my gecko? haha jk" unless" https://t.co/KU6RdZuQEf
- jill (@jillisyoung) April 6, 2020
GECKO MUSEUM! GECKO MUSEUM! The Mayor liked it so much he couldn't help crossing the velvet rope pic.twitter.com/eMCvO8c6qR
- jill (@jillisyoung) April 7, 2020
Young spoke with Hyperallergic about The Mayor's artistic preferences.
The Mayor has a refined and eclectic taste, and I wanted to cover a range of art genres and pieces in hopes of winning his respect. Also, I tried to choose pieces that I felt I could show as much of a gecko's shape as possible, like "The Birth of Venus" ("The Birth of Gecko") as they are rather difficult to paint from head-on.
The custom artwork is available for purchase through Young's Etsy store.
via Hyperallergic
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