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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Gabriel Baribeau's residency begins with sharks


Sharks have resided on this planet for over 400 million years, surviving at least 4 of the big 5 extinction events acknowledged on this planet. Today their populations are some of the most at risk of extinction. 
Check out this scan of a smooth hammerhead shark provided by the Digital Fish Library: 
http://www.digitalfishlibrary.org/library/ViewFlashVid.php?id=26 
This fish will be arriving on the endangered species list in 2014 along with many of its colleagues to join those already existing there. This is likely a result of either being mis-caught by industrial trawling nets, or due to shark finning. Heres how its done:

Here is my reinterpretation of Damien Hirst's famous shark featured exclusively on the Fine Arts Reading Room blog!
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