Vanitas Underwater: Captivating Images of Endangered Butterflies in a Modern Twist goya Kakinoki Taxi

Kakinoki Taxi

Across cultures and histories

Piece II ‘ Jezebel ’ standing straight and tall

0106’  dated 2017

Vanitas Underwater: Captivating Images of Endangered Butterflies in a Modern Twist goya Kakinoki TaxiThe Butterfly, or Swarm, series explores themes of transformation, fragility, and mortality through the symbolic and physical presence of butterflies suspended within water. Across cultures and histories, the butterfly has carried layered meanings regeneration, freedom, spirituality, and death most notably within Greek thought, where it is closely associated with the soul. These works engage with that symbolic lineage while grounding it in direct