Scottie Dog with a Long Tail — Blue and Yellow

Scottie Dog with a Long Tail — Blue and Yellow reduces the figure of a dog to a pointed blue head, an arched yellow body and a raised yellow tail. The separate colored foam pieces connect with magnets. A single curved opening suggests the legs, while the clean outline and bold colors recall a toy or a contemporary design object.

The sculpture is part of a series about the way dogs are represented in everyday culture. Alongside growing concern for their welfare, dogs can become expressions of personal style, selected for the image they project. By making the figure look appealing and almost collectible, the work asks viewers to consider the distance between admiring an animal’s appearance and recognizing it as a living being.