Before photography was invented, we relied on illustrations,
paintings and, even more so, real dead bodies to gaze upon decaying
flesh. Many visual expressions of death were used to moralize or
romanticise death. Vanitas paintings were made to remind us that
life is only temporary and all mortal possessions remain in vain.
The Japanese Kusozu tradition of watercolour paintings, that depict
the nine stages of the decaying body, from the first moment of
death unto the final stages, were made to remind us not to give
into bodily desires. Romantic war paintings asked the viewer to
fight for the cause. In DEATH BOOK, you will find various signs and
symbols related to death, such as skulls, violence, accidents,
spirits, cadavers, sexual acts and references to religion and
Christ. The works included remind us of our living status, in ways
that are sometimes funny, arousing or DEAD serious. A true
representation of death, and its associated pain is impossible, but
the works included attempt to communicate the agony, the anguish,
the grave sadness and, sometimes, the humour associated with death.
DEATH BOOK is art directed by PZtoday, who has designed the book as
a Bible/Address book. With an introduction by Pernilla Ellens and
Lauren Raaijmakers and featuring drawings, paintings and
illustrations from Alicia Gibson, Christina Quarles, Dallas Seitz,
Ellen Cantor, Franko B, Gray Wielebinski, Hermann Nitsch, Ion
Birch, Keith Boadwee, Lin Ke, Mike Diana, Namio Harukawa, Oliver
Eales, Patrick Wray, PZtoday, Qiu Xiaofei, Richard Hawkins, Sutapa
Biswas, Toshio Saeki, Urs Luthi, Vittorio Scarpati, Will Henry,
Julien Ceccaldi and many more.
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