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Tag Archives: Art
Art to Commemorate 9/11
Ten years of artwork created to remember September 11, 2001
From installment to painting to sculpture to architecture, art and design to commemorate September 11 over the years. The 9/11 Memorial in New York City opens to the public on Monday, with a dedication ceremony to families of the nearly … Continue reading
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Tagged 911 Memorial, Architecture, Art, Memorial Art, Photo, Sculpture
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A Book About Death: The Ties That Bind
Collaborative Art Exhibition Creates an Interactive Way for Artists and Visitors to Display Meditations on Death
Photo Credit “A Book About Death”, a series of shows that began in 2009 and has run worldwide, has just finished its run at The Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery in Bay Shore, New York. The show pays tribute to Ray … Continue reading
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Tagged A Book About Death, Art, Art About Death, Mail art, The Ties That Bind
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Shine On Brightly: The Art of Reverence
Company creates artistic cremation vessels and memorial art to honor life and spirit.
Shine On Brightly offers artist-created cremation vessels and custom memorial art pieces to honor the deceased. Their mission states: “We believe that art has the power to heal, to unite, and to express felling when words sometimes can’t be found.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Cremation, Cremation remains, Cremation Vessel, Crematorium, Crematory, Death and Dying, Keepsake Urn, Memorial, Urn
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Designer Plays with the Big Questions
Sebastian Errazuriz addresses life's big issues through simple and whimsical memorials and artwork
The work of designer Sebastian Errazuriz addresses the big issues of life and death, sometimes with a whimsical and charming style, and sometimes with an elegance and simplicity, always posing powerful questions for the observer. Death is the Only Certainty … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Chile National Stadium, Installation art, Memorial, Sebastian Errazuriz
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Remembered in Ink
The growing popularity of memorial tattoos to honor and remember the deceased
Tattoos are not nearly the taboo they once were in our culture. In the past two or three decades, they have grown to become an almost-universally accepted form of artwork and personal expression, and their popularity has grown to cover … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Ashes, Body Modification, Bodyart, Cremains, Cremation, Crematorium, Memorial Tattoo, Tattoo
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Santolini Encourages Audience to Consider Life and Death
The artist's conceptual pieces require audience input--literally and figuratively.
Among the thought-provoking works of Frederico Santolini are some pieces that challenge us to consider our mortality and re-think our perceptions of life and death. Santolini utilizes his background in product design to manipulate objects into works of art that … Continue reading
