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ACQUISITION

Emily Cobb .\ WOODMERE ART MUSEUM

PHILADELPHIA—We are pleased to announce that the Woodmere Art Museum has acquired Emily Cobb's 2012 headpiece, The Elk with Antlers that Never Stopped Growing. 

The descriptive title and caption that accompany this headpiece are intended to spark the viewer’s imagination and invite deeper interpretation. The Elk is part of a series of illustrative wearable works inspired by personal fables, where animals are central and symbolic imagery. This piece invites the viewer to consider magical possibilities: If there truly were an Elk with Antlers that Never Stopped Growing, what might become tangled in them over time? What might take shelter there? And how many times might this creature, resting quietly, be mistaken for a tree?

The Elk and its many companions were first 3D modeled, then 3D printed in a variety of materials, from nylon and gypsum to photopolymers. Each component was individually painted, dyed, or flocked before final assembly. From a scarf and binoculars to a bathtub and assorted fauna, nearly forty distinct pieces adorn this majestic creature.

EMILY COBB  .\  The Elk with Antlers that Never Stopped Growing, 2012. nylon, photopolymer, dye, acrylic, gypsum, flock.