Memento Mori (2023)
August 1–September 1, 2023
Memento Mori examines mortality, transience, and the rituals and symbols through which we understand death. From vanitas imagery—skulls, fading flowers, and signs of material wealth—to contemporary reflections on grief, memory, and survival, the exhibition asks what gives life meaning and how we live with the certainty of its end.
Featured Artists
Ada Trillo, Alireza Azizi, Anna Kott, Anne Smythe, Chris Sellers, David Griffith, David Taylor, Denis Sivack, Gloria Tang, Gregory D. Brown, Jason Contangelo, Katarina Teise, Khalil Gharbi, Kip Harris, Kristen T. Woodward, Leanne Trivett, Lee Maskarinec, Liliana Del Vedova, Lydia Tonkonow, Margarita Kovaleva, Maria Eugenia Trabucco, Mark Dierker, Michael Putorti, Nanci Hellmuth, Nancy Grimes, Paris Naik-Neenan, Patti Jordan, Quinn Miller, Ron Jesiolowski, Syl Arena
The Ones Who Stay, archival print, size on request, 2022, $800, Ada Trillo, New York City, New York
Resurrection Moment to Shed the Soul, archival print, 70 x 50 cm, 2021, NFS, Alireza Azizi, Tehran, Iran
Whispers of Mortality, acrylic/oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm, 2019, 3200€, Anna Kott, Berlin, Germany
Vanitas: Stages of Man, oil on canvas, 40 x 19.5 in, 2019, $1250, Anne Smythe, Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
Vanitas No. 2, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in, 2020, $550, Anne Smythe, Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
Hell is When I Think of You, oil and pastel on canvas, 40 x 30 in, 2021, $2000, Chris Sellers, Tampa, Florida
God Guns and Apple Pie, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36 in, 2023, $1500, David Griffith, Austin Texas
The Visitant No. 1, archival print, 14 x 17.5 in, 2022, $1750, Edition of 20, David Taylor, New York City, New York
Hiro Hands, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 in, 1985, $800, Denis Sivack, New York City, New York
Vanity Fair, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 in, 1985, $800, Denis Sivack, New York City, New York
Memento Vivere, gouache on wood, 30 x 45 cm, 2023, NFS, Gloria Tang, Singapore
Levity, archival print, 18 x 12 in, $300, Gregory D. Brown, Omaha, Nebraska
Skull No. 1, chromogenic print, 16 x 20 in, 2023, $500, Jason Contangelo, North Tonawanda, New York
Happy Vanitas , mixed media on plexiglass, 50 x 50 cm, 2023, $400, Katarina Teise, Kiev, Ukraine
Deathly Desire , archival print, 40 x 80 cm, 2023, 300€, Khalil Gharbi, La Marsa, Tunisia
Dachau, archival pigment print, 20 x 16 in, 2002, $400, Kip Harris, Nova Scotia, Canada
Dead Canary, encaustic and oil on wood panel, 18 x 24 in, Kristen Woodward, Reading, Pennsylvania
Last Bow, archival print, size on request, $500, Leanne Trivett, Johnson City, Tennessee
Nox and the Priestess Serve a Summons, oil on canvas, 45 x 49 in, 2023, $1625, Lee Maskarinec, Portland, Oregon
Passage, dry plate print, 8 x 10 in, 2023, $150, Liliana Del Vedova, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
REMAINS (Oryctolagus cuniculus), oil on canvas, 42 x 32 in, 2017, $2000, Lydia Tonkonow, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Suspended Animation, oil on canvas, 42 x 32 in, 2017, $2000, Lydia Tonkonow, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Montenegrin Zombie, archival print, size on request, 2023, $1000, Margarita Kovaleva, Tivat, Montenegro
Pink Supper, archival print, 2023, $1000, Margarita Kovaleva, Tivat, Montenegro
Signora in Nero No. 2, archival print, 40x60 cm, 2023, $100, Maria Eugenia Trabucco, Casale di Carinola, Italy
Compost, archival print, 12 x 18, 2022, NFS, Mark Dierker, Grove City, Pennsylvania
Memento, linocut print, 3.5 x 3.5 in, 2023, $20, Michael Putorti, Grove City, Pennsylvania
Azrael, archival print, 11 x 16 in, 2021, $120, Nanci Hellmuth, Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Trophy, oil on linen, 32 x 16 in, 1991, $2600, Nancy Grimes, Cochranville, Pennsylvania
Vanitas with Breath, oil on linen, 48 x 20 in, 1991, $3400, Nancy Grimes, Cochranville, Pennsylvania
Necrobiome, print of emulsion lift, 40 × 40 cm, 2023, £265, Paris Naik-Neenan, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Devolution: Memento Mori No. 10, monoprint/oil-based ink/graphite on paper, 40 x 30 in, 2021, $2000, Patti Jordan, Montclair, New Jersey
Helpless, archival print, 24 x 18 in, 2022, $800, Quinn Miller, Lake Worth, Florida
Memento Mori , oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in, 2021, NFS, Ron Jesiolowski, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
I Still Dream of the Woman on the Beach, silver gelatin print, 20 x 20 in, 2023, NFS, Syl Arena, Paso Robles, California
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