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James Leonard - A woman looking at Hungry Dust, a stack of pink, flocked unicorn posters extending horizontally from a wall and held in place by two nylon bands, with origami unicorns resting on top
James Leonard - A close up of the Hungry Dust installation, the front of the poster visible and held taut by nylon bands
James Leonard - Detail of Hungry Dust origami unicorns posed atop a stack of pink posters of the same material
James Leonard - A gallery installation of Hungry Dust, showcasing wide set nylon bands holding stacked posters in perfect alignment against a white wall
James Leonard - A photograph of a gallery installation of Hungry Dust, where the front of the stacked multiples reads, unicorns have never existed
James Leonard - A photo of Hungry Dust from above, looking down on four pink origami unicorns
James Leonard - A close up image of a rearing origami unicorn, posed as part of the installation, Hungry Dust
James Leonard - Detail of unicorn origami folds and flocked pink poster paper, Hungry Dust
James Leonard - A woman looking at Hungry Dust, a stack of pink, flocked unicorn posters extending horizontally from a wall and held in place by two nylon bands, with origami unicorns resting on top
James Leonard - A close up of the Hungry Dust installation, the front of the poster visible and held taut by nylon bands
James Leonard - Detail of Hungry Dust origami unicorns posed atop a stack of pink posters of the same material
James Leonard - A gallery installation of Hungry Dust, showcasing wide set nylon bands holding stacked posters in perfect alignment against a white wall
James Leonard - A photograph of a gallery installation of Hungry Dust, where the front of the stacked multiples reads, unicorns have never existed
James Leonard - A photo of Hungry Dust from above, looking down on four pink origami unicorns
James Leonard - A close up image of a rearing origami unicorn, posed as part of the installation, Hungry Dust
James Leonard - Detail of unicorn origami folds and flocked pink poster paper, Hungry Dust

Hungry Dust

$15,000.00

2005 
Flocked posters, nylon rope, and metal hardware 
Posters are 19.5" x 14"; installation dimensions variable

Pink, flocked posters declare, "Unicorns Have Never Existed." In a display that seems to defy gravity, blue nylon rope belts the jutting 4' stack of posters to the wall. Folded unicorns, made from the same posters, play atop this poster stack.


Hungry Dust was conceived and fabricated while the artist’s grandfather was dying and he watched his mother prepare for that death. The origami unicorn is based upon the one Edward James Olmos is seen folding at the end of the film Blade Runner, a debated and mysterious icon within a movie about expiration and self-knowledge.

James Leonard - 19.5" x 14" pink, flocked poster depicting a rearing unicorn surrounded by hearts with text that declares unicorns have never existed
James Leonard - The backside of one of the poster multiples used in Hungry Dust
James Leonard - An origami unicorn set in front of a white background
James Leonard - A detailed image of flocked graphics on a poster used in the installation, Hungry Dust
James Leonard - Pink origami unicorn with poster made of the same material posed in the background

Hungry Dust Poster & Origami Unicorn

$300.00

2005 
1 flocked poster and origami unicorn of same poster material 
19.5" x 14" 
Edition of 50 (48 available)

This limited edition poster comes from the production run used to make the installation, Hungry Dust. Every poster declares, "Unicorns Have Never Existed" and is flocked in pink on the front and printed as a mirrored line drawing on reverse. 

Each individual poster purchase is paired with one origami unicorn folded and assembled by the artist.