Untitled (Girl with Puppy Dog Eyes)

Bradley Rubenstein

1996 · Inkjet print · Photographs

In the mid-1990s, amid debates concerning new developments in cloning, genetic engineering, stem-cell research, and interspecies tissue grafting, Rubenstein created a provocative series of photographs in which he digitally inserted dogs’ eyes into school yearbook portraits of children. Merging two paragons of cuteness—kids and puppies—into unsettling hybrids, the artist offers an eerie forewarning of the transgressive potential of genetic manipulation.

Artist

Bradley Rubenstein

Date

1996

Medium

Inkjet print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gift of Giannina Braschi, 2004