2013 MFA Exhibition: Fetch-ing
Work by Megan K. McGaffigan examines the human-canine relationship throughout history and into the contemporary. Currently her work examines how humans anthropomorphize their dogs, share their homes with them and even their beds. Informed by photographic documentation of the obsessive, bizarre, and sometimes perverse dog culture prominent in the Bay Area, Megan creates canine adornments in a variety of media such as metal, paper, fabrics, and found objects. These objects demonstrate the social qualities and roles that dogs play in our society. Dogs have become reflections and extensions of us. They act as status symbols, objects that adorn us, and in turn we adorn them.
