{"id":320,"date":"2011-07-08T22:31:10","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T05:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/?p=320"},"modified":"2011-07-08T22:35:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-09T05:35:46","slug":"blinded-to-small-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/?p=320","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Blinded to Small Beauty&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/jgklausner.com\/work\/oreo-cameo\">Oreo Cameos<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/jgklausner.com\/\">Judith Klausner<\/a> recently made the rounds on the internet, but lesser known are her sculptures using insect parts. They are a flip side to her fast-food craftworks, giving an added dimension to her motives beyond the humorously delicious.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 313px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jgklausner.com\/work\/mantis-endoskeleton\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mantis Endoskeleton by Judith Klausner\" src=\"http:\/\/jgklausner.com\/media\/pictures\/Mantis_endo1.JPG.430x430_q85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mantis Endoskeleton by Judith Klausner<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jgklausner.com\/work\/triumph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Triumph by Judith Klausner\" src=\"http:\/\/jgklausner.com\/media\/pictures\/IMG_1209.jpg.430x430_q85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Triumph by Judith Klausner<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jgklausner.com\/work\/facts-of-life\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Facts Of Life by Judith Klausner\" src=\"http:\/\/jgklausner.com\/media\/pictures\/IMG_2009.JPG.430x430_q85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Facts of Life by Judith Klausner<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The Facts of Life<\/em> (above) is made out of carefully arranged cicada and bee wings. Dead insects, beeswax, fingernail clippings, and disposable foods are vehicles for her explorations into the unloved and discarded ephemera of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Her artist <a href=\"http:\/\/jgklausner.com\/statement\/\">statement <\/a>in particular discusses the double-edged sword of her interactions with insects: People repulsed by her use of discarded insect wings, and people concerned that she was killing insects for her art. These two vocal reactions reveal the ambiguity we have with the insect world: Human empathy spiraled with reactive repulsion.<\/p>\n<h6>(thanks to Anandamayi Arnold for the tip!)<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oreo Cameos of Judith Klausner recently made the rounds on the internet, but lesser known are her sculptures using insect parts. They are a flip side to her fast-food craftworks, giving an added dimension to her motives beyond the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/?p=320\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[198,80,100,196,197,510],"class_list":["post-320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","tag-arnold","tag-bee","tag-cicada","tag-judith-g-klausner","tag-mantis","tag-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions\/323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}