Why Cats Paint: A Theory of Feline Aesthetics

Newsweek
Cats overwhelmingly favor abstract expressionism, and none imitates Andrew Wyeth...it nails the pretentiousness of art criticism to the wall.


Book Description
A Theory of Feline Aesthetics An unprecedented photographic record of cat creativity that will intrigue cat-lovers and art-lovers alike. As far as we know, no theory of feline aesthetics has yet been presented, at least not with such remarkable clarity and thorough documentation.


About the Author
Heather Busch is a recognized authority on the photography and curation of cat art and is credited with opening the world's first gallery devoted exclusively to the display of cat painting. She has had several books of original work published as a well-known New Zealand painter and sculptor, including Kokigami and Within and Beyond. Burton Silver is a New Zealand based writer and art critic who has been instumental in organizing a number of important solo exhibitions of cat painting. He is no stranger to unusual art forms and has writen books on subjects as diverse as the aesthetics of ornithological dejecta, and contemporary Japanese paper sculpture.


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Should the marks a cat makes be treated as art, or are they simply forms of territorial behavior? This photographic record of cat creativity will intrigue catlovers and art-lovers alike, as it deciphers many heretofore unexplained aspects of cat behavior which can be found in the familiar context of art.


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