installation view at Galerie Lange + Pult in Zürich raw oil paint on sewn canvas tarpaulins each 36" x 36 inches / 91,5cm x 91,5cm
Originally this production of works was made for a Montreal exhibition at a gallery building that also houses many of Canada's fur dealers. The Hudson Bay Company originated in Quebec in the 17th century (the world's first department store) and North America's fur traders exchanged their pelts for merchandise —commercial objects. "Schmozone" was then presented at the Josh Baer Gallery in New York, and then travelled to Stockholm and Italy.
Photographs were aggressively plastic laminated to animal skins —some pelts were common, others controlled/endangered; and all purchased from an aboriginal dealer. Many of the images spoke of environmental destruction (oil on otters, mercury on cougars, garbage on bears), eco-activism (spit on minks, ketchup on bobcats) and animals as food (meat as murder), while others simply projected a transparent metaphor (cantelope on antelope, tire tracks run-over racoon, dust-bunnies).
Schmozone
(eco-invasion of species into Canada's Great Lakes) color photograph laminated onto zebra skin 124" x 75 inches 315cm x 190,5cm
Color photograph (of Kool cigarette butts) laminated to arctic fox 44" x 26 inches
color photograph laminated to cow hide 95¼" x 83⅞ inches / 242cm x 213cm
color photograph laminated to cow hide
Review of the "Schmozone" exhibition at Josh Baer Gallery, New York by Ken Johnson. Art In America, February Issue 199, pg 149
Review of the "Schmozone" exhibition at Josh Baer Gallery, New York by Jan Avgikos. Artforum, February Issue 1991
Review of the "Schmozone" exhibition at Josh Baer Gallery, New York by Robert Mahoney Arts Magazine, February Issue 1991
Installation view of "Schmozone" exhibition at Josh Baer Gallery, New York 1990
Installation view of "Schmozone" exhibition at Josh Baer Gallery, New York 1990
Installation view of "Schmozone" exhibition at Josh Baer Gallery, New York 1990
Color photographs laminated to mink pelts
Color photographs laminated to mink pelt
Color photographs laminated to mink pelts
Color photographs laminated to mink pelt 33" x 7 inches (15-A)
Color photographs laminated to mink pelt 32" x 6.5 inches (18-D)
color photograph laminated to bobcat pelt 48" x 32 inches / 122cm x 81,3cm
Color photograph on bob-cat pelt 36" x 12 inches (A)
Color photograph laminated to bobcat pelt 48" x 32 inches
Color photograph on bob-cat pelt 42" x 16 inches (B)
color photograph (of anti-freeze and the inside of refrigerator) laminated onto polar bear skin 83⅘" x 71⅗ inches / 213cm x 182cm the sculpture "Smuggle Box" used to conceal the controlled export —its photograph was a declaration of actual content
color photographs (of caribou steaks) laminated to caribou hide 53" x 46 inches 134,6cm x 116,8cm
color photograph (of actual HIV infected medical waste) laminated to seal skin 56" x 37 inches 142,3cm x 94cm
color photographs (of caribou steaks) laminated to caribou hide 53" x 46 inches 134,6cm x 116,8cm
Color photograph (of HIV infected medical waste) laminated to seal skin
Color photographs (of mercury) laminated to cougar pelts Edition of five individual works
Color photographs (of mercury) laminated to cougar pelt From the edition of five individual works (A)
Color photographs (of mercury) laminated to cougar pelt From the edition of five individual works (B)
Color photographs (of mercury) laminated to cougar pelt From the edition of five individual works (C)
Color photographs (of black oil paint) laminated to otter pelts Edition of five individual works
Color photographs laminated to wolverine pelts left: 49" x 36 inches right: 50" x 36 inches
Color photographs on Australian opossum skin 29" x 12 inches (A)
Color photographs on badger skin 32" x 21 inches (B)
Color photographs laminated to ocelot skins, framed without glass Edition of 3 individual works left: 16.5" 12.75" x 1.75 inches (75/76/77)
Color photograph laminated to ocelot skin, framed without glass 16.5" 12.75" x 1.75 inches
Color photograph laminated to cow hide
Color photograph laminated to skunk pelt 35" x 13 inches (B-40)
color photographs, laminated to pig skins (cut into quarters) and framed. 12 individual works in various sizes, published and exhibited by Anna Freibe Galerie, Köln
Color photograph laminated to cardboard mounted onto raccoon pelt
Color photograph (of the artist's tucked crotch) laminated to beaver pelt 32" x 23 inches (A)
Color photograph (of the artist's tucked crotch) laminated to beaver pelt 34" x 24 inches (B)
Color photograph (of the artist's tucked crotch) laminated to beaver pelt 32.5" x 22.5 inches (C)
Color photograph (of the artist's tucked crotch) laminated to beaver pelt 33" x 24 inches (D)
color photographs of mercury, laminated onto dried sockeye salmon skins
Color photograph (of Body Shop mascara) laminated to rabbit skin 20" x 16 inches (A)
Color photograph (of pregnancy test kit) laminated to rabbit skin 19" x 13 inches (B)
Color photograph (of Body Shop mascara) laminated to rabbit skin 21" x 12.5 inches (C)
Color photograph (of pregnancy test kit) laminated to rabbit skin 21" x 12 inches (A)
Color photograph (of fake Rolex watch) on Brazilian trompe l'oeil rabbit skin 20" x 13 inches (A)
Color photograph (of fake Rolex watch) on Brazilian trompe l'oeil rabbit skin 20" x 12 inches (B)
Color photograph (of fake Rolex watch) on Brazilian trompe l'oeil rabbit skin 20" x 13 inches (C)
black and white photographs laminated to rabbit pelts, stuffed with popcorn. from the edition of nine individual works
Black and white photographs laminated to rabbit pelts, stuffed with popcorn From the series of nine individual works
black and white photographs laminated to rabbit pelts, stuffed with popcorn. from the edition of nine individual works
color photograph, laminated to pig skin (cut into quarters) and framed. published and exhibited by Anna Freibe Galerie, Köln
Review of the "Schmozone" exhibition at Josh Baer Gallery, New York. The New Yorker, November 19th, 1990