Memento Mori
Curated Group Exhibition
A memento mori is an object that is kept as a reminder of the fact that death is inevitable. The term originates from Latin and translates loosely as ‘remember (that you have) to die’.
Art Exhibition
previously on
at
MAY SPACE
in
Waterloo
precinct,
New South Wales,
Australia.
From
Tuesday 24 June 2008 to Saturday 12 July 2008
Published by anonymous on Wednesday 02 July 2008.
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The idea that a work of art can function as a memento mori is a central theme of this exhibition. More broadly however, the artists in this show examine the place of memory in art – art as memorial, as memento and as keepsake.
