Friday, September 3, 2010

James Hopkins' Vanitas

Momento Mori
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_Mixed media artwork from the "Vanitas" skull collection by artist James Hopkins. Images Courtesy of If It's Hip, It's Here. [Wasted Youth, 2006: LEFT - Black Still Life, 2007: RIGHT]
_"Momento Mori", another term used for "Vanitas", is latin for "Remember you will die". "Vanitas" in latin means "Vanity" and in art refers to a collection of still life objects that symbolize death. [TITLE]