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VANITAS

February 24th – March 31st, 2018

Opening Reception with exhibiting artists present: February 24th, 6-8pm

A derivative of memento mori (translation: “remember that you have to die”), vanitas reminds the viewer of their inevitable death and the frivolity of earthly, hollow endeavors during their brief existence. This concept is most noted in the Golden Age of Flemish Art but has left its mark on art throughout the ages. One such noted painting entitled “The Ambassadors”, by Hans Holbein the Younger, exemplifies this idea through the heavy use of symbols. A narrative exists laden with …