Thursday, December 2, 2010
Vanitas
A friend of mine asked me if I had any good examples of contemporary vanitas. It was good for me to run through my memory of art history courses I took to come up with some, but I also found some new ones I think are inspiring.
Damien Hirst's End of An Era
Maurizio Cattelan's "All"
Wolfe von Lenkiewicz
Alastair Mackie- sphere made of mouse skulls
Jana Sterbak's infamous Meat Dress
Oskar Dawicki's installation "Vanitas" in which each item had a timer counting down until the expiration date.
Fernando Vicente
There was a Vanitas show in London a few months ago that really breathes new life into the genre.
Damien Hirst's End of An Era
Maurizio Cattelan's "All"
Wolfe von Lenkiewicz
Alastair Mackie- sphere made of mouse skulls
Jana Sterbak's infamous Meat Dress
Oskar Dawicki's installation "Vanitas" in which each item had a timer counting down until the expiration date.
Fernando Vicente
There was a Vanitas show in London a few months ago that really breathes new life into the genre.
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