Seeing Skulls. James Hopkins' Vanitas.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNULbW1gQTo8UR6u_3_r2iiO3I-NiEH632nvCzH2eAhObSOIKCiq4mfOWiOlHf5Hs6fRvOVjrMoaCjzANduM2Q8Ry31K0bNb1XEVdLFrwl1jH4KVK6y2QQEwofTNEr7IdjDjMeEr44CaM/s1600/Picture+1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500557012908182530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNULbW1gQTo8UR6u_3_r2iiO3I-NiEH632nvCzH2eAhObSOIKCiq4mfOWiOlHf5Hs6fRvOVjrMoaCjzANduM2Q8Ry31K0bNb1XEVdLFrwl1jH4KVK6y2QQEwofTNEr7IdjDjMeEr44CaM/s400/Picture+1.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 495px; height: 649px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: James Hopkins, Decadence and Demise, 2006 (image courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/" style="font-style: italic;">hamburger-kunsthalle</a><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span></span><br /><br />Skulls, skulls, skulls. They are everywhere these days. But Artist James Hopkins at least has a diference take on them. He has a series of mixed media pieces called <span style="font-style: italic;">Vanitas</span> in which random objects and furniture are composed to create the image or illusion of human skulls.<br /><br />The term "Vanitas" (sometimes the term "Momento Mori" is used in its place) comes from a practice in which Dutch painters put symbolic imagery of death into their still lives during the 17th century.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtzYdqkLkqh7uGzfMaXjW9rsmjGyQ3062hA2DpwxijgZq-PCTq7JzV35P-z2xTz5-IYK0MbF98dkIlIiF8TFTD4KxzUn7hfAp1RNRjUBdHzAzr510ebagdCAju1dRwtTjQXkwNBP67ZY/s1600/hopkins_lastchord.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500989617962965186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtzYdqkLkqh7uGzfMaXjW9rsmjGyQ3062hA2DpwxijgZq-PCTq7JzV35P-z2xTz5-IYK0MbF98dkIlIiF8TFTD4KxzUn7hfAp1RNRjUBdHzAzr510ebagdCAju1dRwtTjQXkwNBP67ZY/s400/hopkins_lastchord.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 480px;" /></a><br />above: <span style="font-style: italic;">Last Chord</span>, James Hopkins<br /><br />Hopkins has created a contemporary version of the practice and is quoted in a Wallpaper Magazine interview in 2006 as saying: ‘I think of vanity when I see my image in the mirror, of knowledge when I read a book, and of indulgence when I drink wine or play music; but all of these things are lost in acknowledgment of seeing the skull reveal itself.’<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Black Still Life</span>, 2007 and <span style="font-style: italic;">Consumption & Consequence</span>, 2006:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihgisr7JC1V7IEKC3Y_u4qU-PTlCCMmuUVVGpLXSCCg-wMHDNSHK4svfhFyXvWTKy3mLhSI53Ewk7Wg6UIVkvnAsCKQG4y_EUbIX_AqTSvb173je93LTf3VKdzeOFJrQAYJecS5YjHck/s1600/hopkins_blackstilllife.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500553307751780658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihgisr7JC1V7IEKC3Y_u4qU-PTlCCMmuUVVGpLXSCCg-wMHDNSHK4svfhFyXvWTKy3mLhSI53Ewk7Wg6UIVkvnAsCKQG4y_EUbIX_AqTSvb173je93LTf3VKdzeOFJrQAYJecS5YjHck/s400/hopkins_blackstilllife.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 345px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTb46Re7IyW-P7-DHlXq05PCv3k1Tir8gIUmd7SKBy-1fl5DJCfRGwblTUNWfi0EjUJDnbD2zLmkZ1NwsG-EX5s6ED7h17FfVPdnH_eBKrQe6KX_1cH5B-ZeBNguleF5fkqMuL96jhUQ/s1600/hopkins_consumption.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500552963863522690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTb46Re7IyW-P7-DHlXq05PCv3k1Tir8gIUmd7SKBy-1fl5DJCfRGwblTUNWfi0EjUJDnbD2zLmkZ1NwsG-EX5s6ED7h17FfVPdnH_eBKrQe6KX_1cH5B-ZeBNguleF5fkqMuL96jhUQ/s400/hopkins_consumption.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 344px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Design for Life</span>, 2006 and <span style="font-style: italic;">Prosperity & Decay</span>, 2006:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6egFkpsy1O6wbwRhbZrZBuqZP5U8BMpUeMKCZO7ZQ2l8RpKbIiQKRalMog9nkdDYbWTmnl6WG1ystanQixxlHIcpgIrxZ2rgb2rHMTTeIrr0I_AaHB1GMXC87kbxfs0ZTtwIlq1jZZXU/s1600/hopkins_designforlife.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500552831853352914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6egFkpsy1O6wbwRhbZrZBuqZP5U8BMpUeMKCZO7ZQ2l8RpKbIiQKRalMog9nkdDYbWTmnl6WG1ystanQixxlHIcpgIrxZ2rgb2rHMTTeIrr0I_AaHB1GMXC87kbxfs0ZTtwIlq1jZZXU/s400/hopkins_designforlife.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 360px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghz4aEUqzoRTzKUumaFhfuBKDeadmJmxKxmA3Yq9rfdJNYlTuZnHgmR2bonxTNCWD-TI106-qjQGQ6ysv8oASegqcB84hZ61ETav_7KoJx5OC5-FoI_z5p25Qg6VSEMKQgPb4USQywUK8/s1600/hopkins_prosperitydecay.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500552460090177266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghz4aEUqzoRTzKUumaFhfuBKDeadmJmxKxmA3Yq9rfdJNYlTuZnHgmR2bonxTNCWD-TI106-qjQGQ6ysv8oASegqcB84hZ61ETav_7KoJx5OC5-FoI_z5p25Qg6VSEMKQgPb4USQywUK8/s400/hopkins_prosperitydecay.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 361px;" /></a><br /><em>Wasted Youth</em>, 2006 and <em>Shelf Life</em>, 2006:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGTZj3r13cvB5eBtyyIjC4AH2DeSI4XeXR12GwN2C7fM1Z0KqlmtJQAiACNGuT7eilRBmWruFwtAkcojYJ8Njay4rI0QiV7kobv6YTlr9EycRa6JZf2vyD_Mgq5kX4Jj3OcfXxXU4l5w/s1600/hopkins_wastedyouth.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500552031713320690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGTZj3r13cvB5eBtyyIjC4AH2DeSI4XeXR12GwN2C7fM1Z0KqlmtJQAiACNGuT7eilRBmWruFwtAkcojYJ8Njay4rI0QiV7kobv6YTlr9EycRa6JZf2vyD_Mgq5kX4Jj3OcfXxXU4l5w/s400/hopkins_wastedyouth.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 338px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KnyfCpvz57sPC4U1uFsYcB0p7n-wBThfqiueT-dNi6DtP_HH4UzwKdwiDwYYgjNboZZ1CppHiCAX_Szv5YzkeVMopWMOrNQT1zBcmaX4bEHbURYTPdbM_qD5ptgLVcS6Juj-CoNz4MQ/s1600/james+hopkins_shelflife+skull.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500551945335647746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KnyfCpvz57sPC4U1uFsYcB0p7n-wBThfqiueT-dNi6DtP_HH4UzwKdwiDwYYgjNboZZ1CppHiCAX_Szv5YzkeVMopWMOrNQT1zBcmaX4bEHbURYTPdbM_qD5ptgLVcS6Juj-CoNz4MQ/s400/james+hopkins_shelflife+skull.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 337px;" /></a><br /><br />However, says Hopkins, ‘I don’t want people to think of these works as being negative or morbid — in fact, they should be read as a celebration of life.’<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jameshopkinsworks.com/">In addition to this work, John Hopkins has many wonderful pieces. See more of his work here.</a><br /><br /><br />Another collection inspired by the Dutch "Vanitas", if you have not yet seen it, is the <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/04/skull-chair-brain-ottoman-spine-lamp.html"> chair, ottoman and lamp by Vladi Rapoport:</a><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/04/skull-chair-brain-ottoman-spine-lamp.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503066502382671762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8w-2hH3UkixPFM7jnY3-zGUjzOBHhWKmSZLiuTQmrn6HUAymxjgPdoOtT8AVlQIdoThcnzttgYMwxOQN0sd9x8y8Qi697c-Hcv68cojLSk1xOmu04iJkRCbGgriYi9OQ9k524rymJUW8/s400/vanitas-Vladi.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 370px;" /></a>

Seeing Skulls. James Hopkins' Vanitas.

above: James Hopkins, Decadence and Demise, 2006 (image courtesy of hamburger-kunsthalle ) Skulls, skulls, skulls. They are everywhere these...

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In Honor Of Halloween, Some Spooky Skull Shoes & Boots From Martin Margiela (+ 100 more things)

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width: 525px; height: 749px;" /></a><br />The hand spray painted limited edition skull leather boots can be found <a href="http://www.brownsfashion.com/product/designers/index/men/martin_margiela/95059.htm">here.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">To see over 100 purchasable items I've chosen with skulls or skull-related imagery and design, check out my </span><a href="http://www.thisnext.com/list/B798FC7F/Death-Becomes-You-cool-things" style="font-weight: bold;">"Death Becomes You" list here.</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Or simply use the left and right scroll arrows on the widget below to see them all.</span><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.thisnext.com/swf/badge.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="white" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="xmlfile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisnext.com%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fget%2Flist%2FB798FC7F%2FDeath-Becomes-You-cool-things%2F&bgcolor=909B39&source_user=laurasweet&gradientcolor=302B33" align="left" height="316" width="455"></embed><p style="margin-top: 0pt; 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In Honor Of Halloween, Some Spooky Skull Shoes & Boots From Martin Margiela (+ 100 more things)

Martin Margiela's leather skull boot and canvas skull sneaker (or trainer) are frightfully scary to some but may be eerily attractive to...

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