Ruff drafts: Art exhibition for dogs shows the world from the canine perspective

We often treat our dogs as members of the families, so why not go all out and bring them along to an art exhibition at Dublin's Hen's Teeth venue?

Ruan van Vliet and Teasie the dog at the Hen's Teeth art exhibition for dogs

It's felt that I've been letting the title of Dog Dad go to my head a little, in the six months since we got Molli, the two-year-old Collie-Saluki cross that completed our family this July. From dressing her up as Bet Lynch for Halloween to buying her Irish-made, organic Christmas gifts in July, my parents- who've taken her to their hearts quicker than they ever did me, thought I'd really taken the (doggy) biscuit when I announced I was taking Molli to Exhibition for Dogs in Hen’s Teeth Studio in Dublin 8. 

Curated by Ruan van Vliet (with a little help from his mutt, Teasie) the show was a mixture of seaside cut-outs, an interactive play area, and van Vliet's own illustrations -think funny, colourful and, by his own words, naive pictures that capture the world from a dog's POV.