82nd & Fifth: STARTLED by John Carpenter

82nd & Fifth: STARTLED by John Carpenter
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In traditional Japanese art, deer symbolize messengers of the gods, and the cry of the deer is associated with longing for one's lover. In this work, however, "[y]our perception of reality, your normal expectations of how you view things, is completely confounded," says curator John Carpenter.

Get a complete, 360-degree look at Kohei Nawa's 2011 sculpture of a magically transformed taxidermied deer.

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