I Am As You Will Be: The Skeleton In Art
Sep 28th, 2007 by admin
While some have already dismissed skull imagery as a passing trend, we think when it's it can be a timeless memento mori. If you're anything like us, you're going to enjoy "," a group show that opened last week at Gallery in Chelsea.
Like the title of the show suggests, the attraction to the subject has to do with our shared corporeal experience, which artists in the show have interpreted using clever, horrific and, at times, alluring imagery. The exhibit brings together more than 30 works by a who's who of artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol (below left), Sigmar Polke, Matthew Barney, Jan Fabre (above right) and Damien Hirst, among others. after the jump.
"I Am As You Will Be: The Skeleton In Art"
20 September - 3 November 2007
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