id: 399514 accession number: 2020.315 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.315 updated: 2022-01-04 18:13:53.998000 Ornithological Photographs: Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), 2012. Todd Forsgren (American, b. 1981). Inkjet print; framed: 71.1 x 88.9 cm (28 x 35 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 2020.315 title: Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) title in original language: series: Ornithological Photographs series in original language: creation date: 2012 creation date earliest: 2012 creation date latest: 2012 current location: creditline: Gift of the Artist copyright: --- culture: America technique: inkjet print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Todd Forsgren (American, b. 1981) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 71.1 x 88.9 cm (28 x 35 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Todd Forsgren (the artist) [1981-], Billings, MT date: 2012-2020 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: December 7, 2020 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: To survey bird populations, ornithologists catch them temporarily in nets. digital description: Todd Forsgren created photographic portraits of the subjects of such surveys by creating makeshift studios that set the nets against white seamless backgrounds. The ensnared birds’ positions are often unnatural and to the viewer, disturbing. The artist hopes that the bird’s brief discomfort will spur the viewer to consider larger issues that threaten the survival of these species. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Forsgren, Todd R., John A. Tyson, James Lowen, and Susan E. Wegner. Ornithological Photographs. 2015. page number: url: --- IMAGES