Over the past couple of months, critics have been breathlessly extolling the Tim Hawkinson retrospective at the Whitney Museum in New York. Hawkinson’s work can grab you in unexpected ways — like his tiny, perfect bird skeleton that on closer examination is constructed from the artist’s own fingernail clippings. Curator Lawrence Rinder feels the love. [Produced for PRI‘s “Studio 360“.]
Tim Hawkinson, “Bird” (1997), made of fingernails and super glue,
Music featured:
- “The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things” – performed by Julie Andrews