Lindsay Merrill American, b. 1987
Head 6, 2026
Oil on linen
35.5 x 28 cm
14 x 11 in
14 x 11 in
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In Head 6, Merrill employs a jarring, top-down point of view that forces an intimate encounter with a taxidermied deer head. The figure is standing over on a dark green...
In Head 6, Merrill employs a jarring, top-down point of view that forces an intimate encounter with a taxidermied deer head.
The figure is standing over on a dark green floor, next to a weathered leather sofa and Crocs. This suburban scene strips the trophy of its "majestic" outdoors context, repositioning it as a discarded household object. It serves as a literal hollow witness to the regularities of domestic life, highlighting the strange, kitschy afterlife of a once-wild creature within the comfortable home.