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vanitas

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See: nullity


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Vanitas images are rarely subtle--it's hard to ignore the implacable presence of a human skull or a solemn timepiece, or to disavow the implications of a decomposing piece of fruit--but neither are they merely symbolic.
Tam Van Tran: Cohan and Leslie by Hudson, Suzanne / Artforum International
If his targets seem right up to date with the current American vanitas, so does his style.
Time stops for no mouse by Donnelly, Daria / Commonweal
Also present are metaphorically charged seventeenth-century Dutch vanitas symbols including a recently snuffed candle and a broken hourglass.
Julee Holcombe: Conner Contemporary Art by Wennerstrom, Nord / Artforum International
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