Jan Švankmajer: Relikviář (Reliquary)

In a dog food shop, I bought fallow cars and hooves, pig noses, ears, trotters, tails and turkey feet. In a bijouterie I bought golden braids, buttons, beads, sequins, and lace. I had a cabinet maker make boxes to which I pasted vintage velvet, and on their sides attached mirrors. Then I decorated the animal remains with "gold" and "precious stones", lace and artificial flowers - like a slap in the face of anthropocentriecity. JŠ