About Emily
Baltimore City
Emily Tucci is a material-based sculptor focusing on issues of wildlife conservation and animal rights. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1994, and resides rural Chester County surrounded by farmland. She received her BFA in Fine Art and honors BA in Art History from University of Delaware in 2017. She moved to Baltimore and received her Post Baccalaureate in Fine Art Certificate from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2018, and is currently a graduate student there in the Rinehart School… more
Impala Trophy
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Impala TrophyHunters display the animals they kill as a form of home decor, thus creating a trophy out of a once living creature. I have created a series of "trophies" that show how ingrained all elements of the creature are with each other with a focus on their anatomy. Elements of their natural environment are present within the piece, thus showing the integration of the animal within nature. This piece represents the hunting of the African Impala for use of their horns. Wood, joint compound, clay, hand made paper made with dead leaves, acrylic, spray paint -
Impala Trophy (Detail)Hunters display the animals they kill as a form of home decor, thus creating a trophy out of a once living creature. I have created a series of "trophies" that show how ingrained all elements of the creature are with each other with a focus on their anatomy. Elements of their natural environment are present within the piece, thus showing the integration of the animal within nature. This piece represents the hunting of the African Impala for use of their horns. -
Impala Trophy (Detail)Hunters display the animals they kill as a form of home decor, thus creating a trophy out of a once living creature. I have created a series of "trophies" that show how ingrained all elements of the creature are with each other with a focus on their anatomy. Elements of their natural environment are present within the piece, thus showing the integration of the animal within nature. This piece represents the hunting of the African Impala for use of their horns. -
Impala Trophy (Detail)Hunters display the animals they kill as a form of home decor, thus creating a trophy out of a once living creature. I have created a series of "trophies" that show how ingrained all elements of the creature are with each other with a focus on their anatomy. Elements of their natural environment are present within the piece, thus showing the integration of the animal within nature. This piece represents the hunting of the African Impala for use of their horns. -
Impala Trophy (Detail)Hunters display the animals they kill as a form of home decor, thus creating a trophy out of a once living creature. I have created a series of "trophies" that show how ingrained all elements of the creature are with each other with a focus on their anatomy. Elements of their natural environment are present within the piece, thus showing the integration of the animal within nature. This piece represents the hunting of the African Impala for use of their horns. -
Impala Trophy (Detail)Hunters display the animals they kill as a form of home decor, thus creating a trophy out of a once living creature. I have created a series of "trophies" that show how ingrained all elements of the creature are with each other with a focus on their anatomy. Elements of their natural environment are present within the piece, thus showing the integration of the animal within nature. This piece represents the hunting of the African Impala for use of their horns.
