Animal Love and Bestiality

Bestiality has been a theme in my recent work. The exhibition, The Museum of Love and Romance presents: 'The Big Horse and other stories ... " at South Australia's Contemporary Art Centre, in October 2001, included works negotiating bestiality along with a video by Alison Main on Hiho-kans (Japanese 'adult museums').

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