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This Saturday, February 15th, is the grand opening of Moving Skin, a new show from Minneapolis artist Courtney Reints. We chatted with Courtney about the show, her work, and seeing a different side of taxidermy... Moving Skin February 15 - March 7, 2014 at CO Exhibitions Opening reception: February 15, 7-10pm (free, all ages) coexhibitions.com (612) 379-4151 Please introduce yourself to our corner of the internet. I am Courtney Reints, an emerging artist & photographer based in Minneapolis. I am a native Minnesotan, and my Midwestern roots have influenced my most recent work inspired by taxidermy. I am a graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and recipient of a 2013 Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. How did you become fascinated with photographing taxidermy? I started photographing taxidermy as a project prompted by the idea of the expressive body. It intrigued me to examine...

On Saturday February 15th, we are very proud to present the grand opening of Moving Skin, a series of photographs from Minneapolis artist Courtney Reints. Here's what she has to say about this striking series of taxidermal images. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A making, a forming, a creation from remnants to mounts, taxidermy is the arrangement of skin. After the kill, hunters want to preserve their relic, taking care in the field to acquire and retain a good trophy hide. Dedicated to the art, a taxidermist utilizes skills crucial to crafts of carpentry, sculpting and painting. The animal’s core is replaced, transferring the peel like skin to a new form of artificial armature. The liberated hide is scrapped, tanned, sewn, mounted and finished with hand painted coats and glass eyes. Seized during nature’s docile...

On Saturday February 15th, we are very proud to present the grand opening of Moving Skin, a series of photographs from Minneapolis artist Courtney Reints. Here's what she has to say about this striking series of taxidermal images. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A making, a forming, a creation from remnants to mounts, taxidermy is the arrangement of skin. After the kill, hunters want to preserve their relic, taking care in the field to acquire and retain a good trophy hide. Dedicated to the art, a taxidermist utilizes skills crucial to crafts of carpentry, sculpting and painting. The animal’s core is replaced, transferring the peel like skin to a new form of artificial armature. The liberated hide is scrapped, tanned, sewn, mounted and finished with hand painted coats and glass eyes. Seized during nature’s docile...

We are proud to announce the launch of our collaboration with a little website called Amazon! We have a substantial handful of our prints available to order right over on Amazon's website. Click here to check it out! All orders will be packed and shipped by us directly from our studio. Keep your eyes on it, cause you never know... we just might drop some exclusive Amazon-only items one of these days!

We are proud to announce the launch of our collaboration with a little website called Amazon! We have a substantial handful of our prints available to order right over on Amazon's website. Click here to check it out! All orders will be packed and shipped by us directly from our studio. Keep your eyes on it, cause you never know... we just might drop some exclusive Amazon-only items one of these days!

LIKE WE ALWAYS DO ABOUT THIS TIME... Mark your mark ass calendars and come through to our 12th annual celebration of one of hip hop's brightest stars. We've got a major lineup of some of the best hip hop DJs in the city cutting up all of Dr. Dre's biggest hits spanning his 25+ year career, from World Class Wrecking Cru to N.W.A. to Snoop Dogg to Eminem to 50 Cent to Xzibit to Kendrick Lamar and beyond! Featuring DJ sets from: Plain Ole Bill & Last Word (Get Cryphy) Mike 2600 King Otto Live performances from: MaLLy Manchita (GRRRL PARTY) Felipe Cuauhtli (Los Nativos) Interactive video mayhem from: Playatta The return of the $20 Sack Pyramid with a VERY SPECIAL surprise guest host! Purchase advance tickets RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!

LIKE WE ALWAYS DO ABOUT THIS TIME... Mark your mark ass calendars and come through to our 12th annual celebration of one of hip hop's brightest stars. We've got a major lineup of some of the best hip hop DJs in the city cutting up all of Dr. Dre's biggest hits spanning his 25+ year career, from World Class Wrecking Cru to N.W.A. to Snoop Dogg to Eminem to 50 Cent to Xzibit to Kendrick Lamar and beyond! Featuring DJ sets from: Plain Ole Bill & Last Word (Get Cryphy) Mike 2600 King Otto Live performances from: MaLLy Manchita (GRRRL PARTY) Felipe Cuauhtli (Los Nativos) Interactive video mayhem from: Playatta The return of the $20 Sack Pyramid with a VERY SPECIAL surprise guest host! Purchase advance tickets RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!

Announcing our collaboration with Gelaskins! For the better part of the last decade, Gelaskins has been offering high quality cases and skins for mobile devices featuring designs by great independent artists. We're proud to be offering five designs which you can order for your iPhone, iPad, Kindle, laptop, Samsung Galaxy, or other apparatus right now! Grab one for yourself or your loved one!

Announcing our collaboration with Gelaskins! For the better part of the last decade, Gelaskins has been offering high quality cases and skins for mobile devices featuring designs by great independent artists. We're proud to be offering five designs which you can order for your iPhone, iPad, Kindle, laptop, Samsung Galaxy, or other apparatus right now! Grab one for yourself or your loved one!

Here's a little music project I worked on over the weekend. I'm a big fan of Tame Impala and also making 8-bit style MIDI music. So naturally, this happened: