Daily Archive: January 5, 2012

“If angels and astronauts share the same sky,isn’t it time they were introduced?”

some amazing works by artist Aleksandra Mir!

Steven Arnold (1943–1994)

images and information taken from http://stevenarnoldarchive.com  and wikipedia! Steven Arnold (1943–1994) was a California-based multi-media artist, spiritualist, gender bender, and protegee of Salvador Dali[1]. His work consisted of drawings, paintings, rock and film… Read More

16th Century Memento Mori Rosary

From the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, here’s a 16th century memento mori rosary carved out of ivory featuring man on one side and skeleton on the… Read More

Memento Mori (1999)

  Time for beddies found this on-line so was intruded!  Lol my boyfriend will kill me as he hates trying to watch subtitled movies before falling asleep! I am a hugh big fan… Read More

Vanitas

All Visual Arts, an arts organization based in London’s Fitzrovia, showed an exhibition of works at Frieze around the tradition of Vanitas, and the theme of memento mori, with art containing symbols and… Read More

My Life Urn

    My Life Urn (looks like this is no longer available) is a modern memento mori designed to carry a seed which will grow into a tree from the nutritional ingredients found… Read More

Pinhole Camera Fashioned From 150 Year-Old Skull

Wayne Martin Bleger makes pinhole cameras using a variety of materials including precious stones, metals, human organs, and bone. This piece, entitled Third Eye, features many of these materials, all constructed around the… Read More

Death Watch!

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