Drunk Tiger
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Kottie Paloma (American, b. 1974, Los Angeles; based in Vienna)
Drunk Tiger, 2007
Drawing on paper
13.5 × 16.25 in.
Framed.
Paloma's work and publications are in the collections of Tate Modern, the Museum of Modern Art, the Library of Congress, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford. Represented by Saatchi Yates, London. Studied at California College of the Arts.
A magnificently rumpled tiger sprawls across the page, looking like it just got back from somewhere it shouldn't have been. Paloma draws animals and figures with a loose, punk energy — fast marks, vivid color, no corrections. The tiger is funny and alive. The title is the whole story.