Fear of Flying
Carel Brest Van Kempen
30 x 20" Acrylic painting
1995
Rock Doves (Columba livia)
Artist's comment: "In cities throughout the world, millions of man-hours are devoted to eliminating the common Rock Dove and its droppings. Originally a Eurasian species, it’s been domesticated for some 5,000 years and has accompanied humans in their diffusion across the globe. Now hardly a city fails to slump beneath the weight of the birds. Even Antarctica harbors feral pigeons.
As we’ve become more cognizant of chemistry’s dark side, many of yesterday’s toxic pigeon controls have given way to mechanical devices for excluding the birds or driving them away."
web producer's note: This is a small piece of a discussion on pigeon control Carel excerpted in his blog, which was taken from his book, RIGOR VITAE: Life Unyielding - The Art Of Carel Pieter Brest Van Kempen, Eagle Mountain Publishing, LC, 2006. ISBN 10: (0-972-01541-8). |
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