BILL BURNS 'Hare (Rabbit)', 2005 Safety Gear Embroidered Linen Handkerchief NEW!

Description: BILL BURNS (b. 1956, Canada) 'Hare' (from Safety Gear for Small Animals project), 2005 Embroidered Linen Handkerchief Embroidered, linen handkerchief with small animal (approx. 1-1/4" 1-1/2") embroidered in corner and Safety Gear for Small Animals label sewn on edge. Self published. Edition size unknown. Dimensions (approx.): 16-1/2" x 16-1/2" (42 x 42 cm). BRAND NEW in original gift box [5-1/2" x 4" x 1" (13.8 x 10 x 2.5 cm)]. "Safety Gear for Small Animals is 'the largest producer of safety gear for small animals in the world.' Bill Burns is the Director of the company which includes several divisions: safety gear prototype production, conservation and relocation, a multi-media program, a toll-free telephone service, a prosthetics program, a modest publishing house and an itinerant museum. Using the conventions of a traditional natural history museum, Burns humorously combines his tiny rescue and safety items for endangered animals with helpful information that guides viewers through the exhibition. Speaking about the Museum of Safety Gear for Small Animals, Burns comments 'The museum is central to our mission. Its renowned collection is made up of nineteen pieces of scale model safety and rescue gear. The total weight of the safety gear collection is 944 grams...There are 2,750 machine stitches and 234 hand stitches in the museum's safety gear collection.' " -- Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto, Canada Bill Burns recently exhibited at the ICA, London, UK in the winter of 2008. Burns is best known for his Safety Gear for Small Animals (SGSA) project with manifestations of this project including an installation of safety gear and triage tents at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York as part of Safe in 2005-2006; A comprehensive exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in 2005; A Concert for Patagonia at the Bienal del Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia, Argentina in 2007 and Bird Radio at KW - Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany in summer/fall 2007. Burns was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and currently lives in Toronto. His work concerning drugs, animals and safety has been published and exhibited widely, including solo projects at Wellcome Trust, London, UK; Kunst-Werke-ICA, Berlin, Germany; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK. His Safety Gear for Small Animals exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, (MoCCA) Toronto and Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound toured to nine locations including the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada; California State University-Fullerton, Los Angeles, CA; and Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, Canada. His book works and artists' editions have become highly valued and are included in numerous collections including the MoMA, New York; the Tate Britain, London, UK; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada; and the Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA. SELECT RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2024 'Bill Burns: The Donkey, the Goat, the Honey Bee', MKG127, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2023 'Uses of Enchantment: Art and Environmentalism' (group exhibition), McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada2022 'Bill Burns: The Salt, the Milk, the Donkey, the Honey, the Folk Singers', Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Public Library, Regina, SK, Canada2021 'Bill Burns: The Salt, the Oil, the Milk', MKG127, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2019 'Bill Burns', Galerie du Tableau, Marseilles, France 'Bill Burns', La Capataza,Buenos Aires, Argentina 'Bill Burns', Atelier Amden, Amden, Switzerland 'Bill Burns', Bookart Artbooks, London, UK2018 'Record Shop' (group exhibition), MKG127, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 'Bill Burns', Amden Atelier, Amden Utopian Colony, Amden, Switzerland 'Bienal de Curitiba' (group exhibition), Memorial de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil2017 'The Bill Burns Show (Part 3)', MKG127, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2015 'Bill Burns: Hans-Ulrich Obrist Hear Us', Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada2014 'The Bill Burns Show (Part 2)', MKG127, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2012 'Oh, Canada' (group exhibition), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA 'Forced Perspective' (group exhibition), Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada 'Bill Burns: Dogs & Boats & Airplanes', C4 Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA 2011 'Bill Burns: Safety and Affection', Medes Wood Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil 'Bill Burns', Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC), Dawson City, Canada 2010 'Bitter Sweet' (group exhibition), Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 'Bill Burns: How to Help Animals Escape from Natural History (Photos 1995 - 2005)', Fundación Cristina Enea, San Sebastián, Spain 'I-Lands' (group exhibition), Fuglsang Kunstmuseum in Nystedvej, Denmark 'Bill Burns: Bird Radio for Afghanistan', Manif d'Art 5, La Biennale de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada 'Bill Burns', Mendes-Wood Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil 'The Bill Burns Show', MKG127, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2009 'Bill Burns: Souvenirs of Guantanamo Bay', Kunsthall KBH, Skive, Denmark 'I-Lands' (group exhibition), Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense C, Denmark 'Bill Burns', Doris McCarthy Art Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2008 'Bill Burns: Dogs and Boats and Airplanes', A.M. Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY 'Bill Burns: Bird Radio', Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 'Bill Burns: Bird Radio', Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (KWAG), Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 'Bill Burns: Dogs and Boats and Airplanes', MKG127, Toronto, Canada 'Bill Burns: 0.800.0FAUNA0FLORA', Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, UK 2006 'Bill Burns: Safety Gear for Small Animals', Kamloops Art Gallery (KAG), Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada 'Bill Burns: Safety Gear for Small Animals', Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2005 'Safe: Design Takes on Risk' (group exhibition), Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY 'Bill Burns: Safety Gear for Small Animals', Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada 2004 'Bill Burns: Safety Gear for Small Animals', Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada 'Bill Burns: Safety Gear for Small Animals', Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Montreal, Canada 2002 'Bill Burns: Everything I Could Buy on eBay about Malaria', Wellcome Trust's TwoTen Gallery, London, UK PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS BY CLICKING MY Store ICON ABOVE Pay me securely with any major credit card through PayPal!

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