'For His Own Good' by Abigail Lane
2004
Lithograph
Edition of 75
Print size: 58 x 86cm
Paper size: 70 x 97 cm
unframed
For His Own Good is a black and white photograph of a dog wearing a harness and muzzle. The dog's name was Bo - he was classified a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and for the first time he is wearing the muzzle that his half sisters had to wear every time they went out - as they had been classified Pit-bull Terriers.
The photograph was set up and made for a group exhibition called Images of Masculinity at Victoria Miro gallery, London in 1995.
For Zoo 1994-2017 at Andrehn Shiptjenko gallery, Stockholm, Sweden a version of this work is presented as a very large printed mural pasted to the gallery wall.
2004
Lithograph
Edition of 75
Print size: 58 x 86cm
Paper size: 70 x 97 cm
unframed
For His Own Good is a black and white photograph of a dog wearing a harness and muzzle. The dog's name was Bo - he was classified a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and for the first time he is wearing the muzzle that his half sisters had to wear every time they went out - as they had been classified Pit-bull Terriers.
The photograph was set up and made for a group exhibition called Images of Masculinity at Victoria Miro gallery, London in 1995.
For Zoo 1994-2017 at Andrehn Shiptjenko gallery, Stockholm, Sweden a version of this work is presented as a very large printed mural pasted to the gallery wall.
2004
Lithograph
Edition of 75
Print size: 58 x 86cm
Paper size: 70 x 97 cm
unframed
For His Own Good is a black and white photograph of a dog wearing a harness and muzzle. The dog's name was Bo - he was classified a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and for the first time he is wearing the muzzle that his half sisters had to wear every time they went out - as they had been classified Pit-bull Terriers.
The photograph was set up and made for a group exhibition called Images of Masculinity at Victoria Miro gallery, London in 1995.
For Zoo 1994-2017 at Andrehn Shiptjenko gallery, Stockholm, Sweden a version of this work is presented as a very large printed mural pasted to the gallery wall.
