For me, the perfect metaphor for rethinking our relationship to other species comes in the form of a dog named “Human,”owned and “curated” by French artist Pierre Huyghe, in his retrospective currently on view at LACMA. Ironically enough, such a simple act of naming invites deep rethinking of our own human position in the world. There’s a moment of initial taken-abackness, I think, in learning a dog is named the name invented for you.
At the Kenyon Review blog, Meg Shevenock looks at the relationship between humans and animals in art and literature.
