The latest body of work by Melbourne-based artist Julia deVille seeks to highlight the way our society eats and uses animals and why we find it acceptable to treat some animals in deplorable ways. Specifically, deVille looks at their treatment in factories and battery farming by the dairy and meat industry. deVille explores the contradiction that Australian society, for the most part, are largely appalled by the thought of eating domesticated animals.
To illustrate her point, deVille uses donated animals that have died from natural causes, including calves, deer, lambs, chicks, kittens, dogs, pigeons and piglets.
Sophie Gannon Gallery
July 24 to September 1, 2012
Melbourne
Lamentation, 2012, lamb, rubies, diamonds, silver platter, approx. 75 x 42 x 15cm
Courtesy the artist and Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne