a traditional momento mori still life vanitas of flowers butterflies atop a wooden table laid with silk skull small - w 65-75 gms

small - w 65-75 gms h62 x w62 x d48 mm

translating abstract forces into tangible visual form

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Dated 1993

a traditional momento mori still life vanitas of flowers butterflies atop a wooden table laid with silk skull small - w 65-75 gmsThe Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,