Tiger Box
Introduction
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Nichole Westfall’s Tiger Box was completed in 2018. The work consists of a painted electric box. The piece includes a cartoon tiger in front of a landscape with hills, a river, and a rising or setting sun. The tiger, hanging lanterns, furling clouds, and clearly defined fore, middle, and background all suggest a strong Asian influence on Westfall’s style for this piece. Though the natural world elements of the work are bright and peaceful, the tiger’s expression is extremely unsettling. It’s perked ears, wide bright yellow eyes, large grin, and lolling blue tongue suggest that it is perhaps eyeing the viewer as its next prey. Westfall was born and raised in West Virginia, though they are now based out of Colorado.
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Tiger Box.
Sources
Westfall, Nichole. About. Nichole Westfall. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://www.nicholewestfall.com/about.
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Office of Public Art, Charleston WV. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://gisweb.cityofcharleston.org/storymaps/arttour/#.