{"id":2206,"date":"2025-09-22T15:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=2206"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:58:15","slug":"companions-celebrates-our-animal-friends-and-colleagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=2206","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Companions\u2019 Celebrates Our Animal Friends and Colleagues"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\u2018Companions\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cPlay between humans and pets, as well as simply spending time peaceably hanging out together, brings joy to all the participants. Surely that is one important meaning of companion species.\u201d \u2013Donna Haraway, \u2018Companion Species Manifesto<\/em>\u2018<\/p>\n

Companions<\/em> is a group exhibition celebrating our closest animal friends and colleagues. Featuring works across media by Lola Dupre<\/a>, Debra Broz<\/a>, Roberto Benavidez<\/a>, Misato Sano<\/a>, William Mophos<\/a>, and Nicolas V. Sanchez<\/a>, this show revels in the ways we share our lives with non-human species.<\/p>\n

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Debra Broz, \u201cHorse Boxer\u201d and \u201cBoxer Horse\u201d (2025), secondhand ceramic figurines and mixed media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each artist translates their furry and feathered subjects in a distinctively human way: Dupre and Broz distort any realistic likeness in favor of surreal, exaggerated amalgamations, while Benavidez translates a small kitten into the celebratory form of a pi\u00f1ata. Sano similarly gouges small pieces of camphor wood to carve a range of expressive pups, which she then paints in oils. <\/p>\n

Although their renderings take a more realistic approach, Sanchez and Mophos utilize substrates embedded within human life, the former gravitating toward the blank pages of a sketchbook and the latter scouring the streets of S\u00e3o Paulo for architectural remnants that become small jagged canvases.<\/p>\n

In this way, these artists present companionship as a bridge between nature and culture. They see their companions as being both of their own making\u2013in that any relationship is influenced and created by both parties\u2013 and as independent beings with big personalities all their own.<\/p>\n

Companions<\/em>\u00a0opens on September 27, 2025.\u00a0RSVP to our opening reception<\/a>\u00a0from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Roberto Benavidez, \u201cMedieval Kitten\u201d (2025), paper, paperboard, wire, glue, crepe paper, fallen cat whiskers, 5.5 x 6 x 3 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lola Dupre, \u201cGeordi\u201d (2025), paper collage, 12 x 16 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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William Mophos, \u201cTom Tom\u201d (2025), acrylic painting on wall fragments in an acrylic frame with cement board backing, 16.6 x 21 x 7.5 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nicolas V. Sanchez, \u201cMariana with lambs\u201d (2018), color ballpoint pen on paper, 5.5 x 10.5 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article \u2018Companions\u2019 Celebrates Our Animal Friends and Colleagues<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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