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Monumental Mural Depicting the Evolution of Birds

12/20/2015

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Artist Jane Kim has just completed painting a 3,000-square-foot mural on the wall of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Visitor Center in Ithaca, New York, that depicts the evolution of birds.

The mural features winged representatives from each of the world’s 243 families of modern birds, painted to scale on a massive world map on the 70-foot by 40-foot wall. As well as birds, which evolved 150 million years ago, it also includes 27 dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts that are ancestors of birds. 

This Wall of Birds (whose official title is “From So Simple a Beginning: Celebrating the Evolution and Diversity of Birds”) is a commission to mark the 100-year anniversary of the Cornell Lab, one of the world’s leading ornithological institutes founded in 1915, where Kim worked as an intern in its scientific illustration program in 2011.
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Kim, the founder of Ink Dwell studio (whose mission is “to inspire people to love and protect the Earth one work of art at a time”), and a team of seven helpers needed two and a half years to complete the piece, including 16 months on site. The artist claims the mural is the only one that depicts every bird family on Earth in one space.

​Source: ​www.slate.com

La artista Jane Kim acaba de terminar de pintar un mural de 3.000 pies cuadrados en la pared del Laboratorio de Ornitología de Cornell del Centro de Visitantes en Ithaca, Nueva York, que representa la evolución de las aves.

El mural cuenta con representantes de cada uno de las familias de todo el mundo, 243 familias de aves modernas, pintadas a escala en un mapa mundial masivo en una pared de 70 por 40 pies. No solo incluye a las aves que evolucionaron hace 150 millones de años, sino que también incluye 27 dinosaurios y animales prehistóricos que son ancestros de las aves.

Esta pared de las Aves (cuyo título oficial es "Desde un comienzo tan sencillo: Celebración de la Evolución y Diversidad de las Aves") es una comisión para conmemorar el 100 aniversario del Laboratorio en Cornell, uno de los principales institutos ornitológicos del mundo, fundado en 1915 , donde Kim trabajó como pasante en su programa de ilustración científica en 2011.

Kim, fundadora del estudio "Ink Dwell" (cuya misión es "inspirar a la gente a amar y proteger la Tierra, con una obra de arte a la vez"), y un equipo de siete ayudantes fueron necesarios y dos años y medio para completar la pieza, incluyendo 16 meses en el lugar. El artista afirma que el mural es la única que representa a todas las familias de aves en la Tierra en un solo espacio.

​Fuente: ​www.slate.com
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