using nature as a primary guide for artists practice devoted to the Vanitas genre flag Monkeys Taxi

Monkeys Taxi

Using aluminium saved from landfill sites or beach cleanup projects

large - w 160-170 gms h85 x w85 x d53 mm

For several decades

lg  w 420 gms h120 x w65 x d65 mm

using nature as a primary guide for artists practice devoted to the Vanitas genre flag Monkeys TaxiThe Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,