Gillie and Marc Schattner

Flying Rhino, 2016
Bronze, 150 x 60 cm

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About the artwork

The greatest threat facing rhinos is poaching for the illegal trade in their horns, which has soared in recent years. The current estimate of rhinos is 2,500, in scattered across Africa. 2006 marks the highest record of poaching ever in a year. If humanity is careless, one day we will be living in a world without them. This bronze work resonates deeply with the crisis that is often unseen and ignored. The stakes are high, and the rhinos are hanging onto a thin rope. If poaching doesn’t stop, if hunters are allowed to continue hunting for their horns, soon enough the rhino will remain in history as a lost legacy and a defeat in humanity.



About the artist

Husband and wife, Marc and Gillie Schattner are Australian contemporary artists who collaborate to create art as one, applying the iconic imagery of the dog or human hybrid to celebrate the powerful spiritual relationship that exists between man and animal. Gillie and Marc reference their own remarkable love story in their works, perpetuating a pursuit of happiness and encouraging us to challenge the status quo and perceived safety of societal convention. Gillie and Marc's unparalleled love is the cornerstone of what they are and what they create. Meeting in Hong Kong, she was a nurse from England and he, a boy from the suburbs of Melbourne. Wanting only to find a soul-mate with whom to share their passions for art, travel and adventure, they were married at the foothills of Mount Everest seven years later. With a 20 year history of collaboration, Gillie and Marc's works (paintings and sculptures) have received worldwide acclaim and are held in collections both nationally and internationally.

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