“Chumanpanzee” $500 (£250)

“Chumanpanzee Considers All 5 Sides of the Question at the Giant's Causeway”

The HYBRID VIGOUR Series, Mixed Media on Paper & Canvas Board. 24" x 34" She's a thoughtful hybrid between homo sapiens sapiens and pan paniscus, isolated on a famous pentagonal rock structure in Northern Ireland. Humans are more closely related to pygmy chimpanzees than a horse is to a donkey (we have 98% genetic compatibility). This means that there's a fair chance not only of offspring, but also that any offspring would be fertile - unlike the sterile mule. Would we exploit animals if we admitted that they are us? This hybrid has human tits (as does the sun that shines down on it). Mammaries are often considered taboo in photographic depictions of the human animal. They look too animal. Genitalia is often played down in photographic depictions of chimpanzees and gorillas. It looks too human. That's part of what the chumanpanzee is thinking about. Her other four thoughts are private.