Berlinde De Bruckyere, We are all flesh
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Alice Clanachan, fine print live, Melrose Wing, Art Gallery of South Australia, September 2018. Photo by Sam Roberts.
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“Art is not an excuse for poor taste.”
“I suggest this sculpture be moved to the back of the gallery with a warning sign.”
“Those responsible for hanging the carcass in the gallery should become abattoir workers.”
“The abomination of the dead horses which assaults the senses is something I will never get over.”
“Send it back to Belgium.”
— Alice Clanachan
Notes on the provenance of the component parts of Berlinde De Bruyckere’s We are all flesh:
- Portion of horse carcass sourced from veterinary academy
- Darkie also known as Black Beauty also known as Black Auster also known as Jack also known as Blackie also known as Old Crony (Anna Sewell (author), Black Beauty, 1877)
- Khartoum, triple crown winner belonging to Jack Wolz, killed and decapitated by Luca Brasi (Francis Ford Coppola (director), The Godfather, 1972)
- Shadowfax, the lord of all horses, gifted to Gandalf the White by Theoden, the 17thking of Rohan (J.R.R. Tolkien (author), The Lord of the Rings, 1954)
- Mister Ed (Walter R. Brooks (creator), Mr Ed, 1961–1966)
- The eighth leg of Sleipnir, the offspring of Loki and Svaðilfari (Svar-dill-vari) (Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda, 1220)
- Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack (Hasbro Incorporated (copyright holder), My Little Pony, 1982- present)
- Portions of the body of Artax, retrieved by Atreyu from the Swamp of Sadness (Wolfgang Petersen (director), The NeverEnding Story, 1984)
- Duncan also known as Furious D (Matt Groening (creator), The Simpsons, 1989 to present)
- Pokey (Art Clokey (creator), The Gumby Show, 1957-1969)
- An old gray mare that is not what it used to be (unknown composer, The Old Gray Mare, late nineteenth century)
- Boxer, workhorse and allegory for the Russian working class (George Orwell (author), Animal Farm, 1945)
- Hero, the fastest horse in the world (Lee Falk (creator), The Phantom, 1936 to present)
- Aluminium Festivus pole from the collection of Frank Constanza (Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David (creators), Seinfeld, 1989-1999)
— Roy Ananda
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