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Tag Archives: Art
Funeral Urns: Art to Honor Life
Funeria urns and art exhibit stand as memorial to individuals we've lost
Funeria is an international arts agency that enlists top artists to create unique art you might not expect: funeral urns. Each piece is a fascinating memorial to the individual it was created to honor, a beautiful work of art that … Continue reading
Death and Dying
It came to haunt me on Facebook today
Death and dying can come any time — even at the most benign moment, while casually surfing Facebook. When I logged on yesterday, up popped the beautiful faces of long gone P. Scott Makela’s children. Fresh, grown-up yet innocent faces. … Continue reading
A Tribute through Portrait
Richard Avedon's photographs of his father's last years
Throughout the 20th Century, Richard Avedon was hailed for his unique portraiture, capturing the raw essence of the American people. Perhaps some of his most captivating portraits are those he took in the early 1970’s of his dying father. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Jacob Israel Avedon, Losing a Parent, minimalism, photography, portraiture, Richard Avedon
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Vadis Turner’s “Burial Party” at Manhattan’s Lyons Wier Gallery
Confronting the Last Taboo
Artist Vadis Turner has long specialized in re-visualizing the everyday from a subversive, feminist perspective. Her 2009 piece “Vanity: My Beautiful Education,” presented an almost violently arrayed set of sculptures, composed of materials such as tampons, fake eyelashes, fake fingernails, … Continue reading
Ghost Urn
by Anna Marinenko
This eerily beautiful, time capsule inspired urn prototype, from Ukrainian designer Anna Marinenko, achieves both modern elegance and archetypal timelessness — with a touch of humor, to boot. Says Ms. Marinenko, the ghost urn is “perhaps the only way to be certain … Continue reading
