#MourningArt

[whataslacker]

My sigfig and I painted a bunch of tiny rocks. We will be dropping them across town in the coming days. Hope the people that find them appreciate them. #notlego #miniatures #miniature #rockpainting #rockpaintings #berksrocks #mourningart #folkart #victorianmemorial #art #tinystuff https://www.instagram.com/p/CSiaNkEL7it/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rogue-taxidermy-of-sarina-brewer]

Art from my college years at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The object on the tray is the skull of one of my family pets.

Title: Tank Materials: Bone, tar, steel tray, gold leaf Date: 1990

The pet was a large tortoise named Tank who roamed free-range in my house in the mid 1970’s when I was growing up. A few years after he died, I covertly dug up his bones and hid them in a secret container on a rudimentary shrine in my bedroom. His remains were the first I ever kept. Over the years that followed, I saved a handful more from other pets and the esoteric shrines became more elaborate. Later, while in college, I began incorporating their cherished remains into memorial artworks. Over the years a lot of articles about my art have mentioned the above practice. However, in an attempt to sensationalize my work, none of them ever mentioned what sort of animals the pets were or specifically what I created with them. Writers intentionally left that up to the imagination of readers in order to conjure up images of me digging up cats and dogs under the light of a full moon. To this day some writers are still eager to capitalize upon the “dug-up-her-dead-pets-and-made-art-with-their-bodies” angle. You would think by now people would have grown bored of this tagline. Sadly, people tend to be narrow-minded so anything outside of Western social norms remains an eccentricity to them. After working tirelessly for 3 decades to legitimatize my belief system and my choice of art materials I still receive invitations from galleries asking me to participate in their “Halloween exhibitions” and get approached by death metal bands and horror book authors for cover art. To avoid fostering further typecasting, I politely decline. After 30 years of working with animal remains, I still feel somewhat disheartened when people interpret my work as morbid. Unless you are an artist yourself, you have no idea how intensely personal a piece of art can be to its creator. And unless you have worked with the body of an animal, you don’t know how much more intimate the connection to the work is. My work is a celebration of life, not a spectacle of death. This isn’t for shock value. My art is my religion

[jeremyhush]

My latest project with @cadabrarecords Check it out! Repost @cadabrarecords ・・・ This Thursday at noon eastern time we’re offering a very original production: Ora Pro Nobis - Songs for Grieving and Morning. Read by Laurence R. Harvey, music by Chris Bozzone. Art by @jeremyhush with liner notes by Stanley Burns of the @burnsarchive. Hand calligraphy by @pencilmancer. This is a collection of mourning - death poems that were collected as postcard sets (called song cards) nearly a century ago to help cope with grief, mourning and loss. We’ve adapted these beautiful pieces into audio as it’s the first of its kind. This is a must have for those with interest of mourning art. Customers who already have purchased a copy of Rampo’s The Caterpillar will be offered free shipping on this title. Very limited quantities are available. #OraProNobis #Death #MourningArt #Mourning #Funeral #LaurenceRHarvey #ChrisBozzone #JeremyHush #StanleyBurnsMD #JoshYelle #nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcollector #coloredvinyl #horror #horrorfiction #vinyljunky #spokenarts #spokenword #CadabraRecords #NightmaresOnVinyl https://www.instagram.com/p/ByRZ49rHHjv/?igshid=lw2dqvdno62v

[kislak-center]

From the Caroline Schimmel Collection, this framed miniature photograph of a deceased young woman is accompanied by locks of her brown hair wrapped around wire to form a floral design. This piece of mourning art is from 1850. Among other treasures, this piece will be on display in the upcoming exhibition of the Schimmel Collection. The opening and conference for *OK, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness* will be held September 6th through the 7th. For registration and more information: library.upenn.edu/exhibits/schimmel.html * * * #kislakcenter #librariesofinstagram #pennlibraries #mourningart #victorianmourningart #hairwreath #victorian #exhibition #libraryexhibit #exhibit #mourningjewelry #specialcollections

[brooklynsoul61]

No matter how bad it seems, how much loss we feel, life continues to bloom and thrive around us. There is always life, and we have an obligation to live on, persist onward even as those we love and care for are fallen. Death is the other side of life, a cycle that repeats and thrives in this universe. @jpinbklyn and I lost our friend Norman to COVID yesterday, we connected with him over the years, lively and rigorous conversations about food, culture, politics, Judaism, Kabbala, science, at Passover Seder each year, for over 10 years, hosted by dear friends. We extend our love and condolences @cleodinahalicescout @idaholo1 and family. These morning glories are for you Norman. May your memory be a blessing may your energy soar in the universe and create Tikkun Olam. #memorial #grief #covid #loss #morningglory #hope #tikkunolam #nancyrodrigoart #mourningart #covid_19 (at South Slope, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUNexvHFhQI/?utm_medium=tumblr

[inneruniverseillustrations]

Title: I've got luck on my side... If you feel lucky, if you feel blessed, if you feel full of love for the people around you, well, then you will have a wonderful life. 'Wonderful' doesn't mean being happy all the time. It's the vastness of all the different emotions and experiences that make life wonderful. Here's a magic dragon to guide you this Monday. P. S. this 6 by 8 inch, original painting is available in my shop for £30 (free International shipping ❤️) #magiceverywhere #magicart #magicalmakers #dragonart #dragon #illustrationbest #illustratedfaith #childrensillustration #canadianillustrator #londonartist #nighttimeart #starart #starillustration #mondayvibes #mondayart #mourningart #illustrator #bluedragon #magicaldragon #dragonpainting #fantasypainting #fantasyartwork #watercolordrawing #dragondrawing #luckyart #luck #luckydragon #luckysymbol #symbolicart (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHFPtJgH_zI/?igshid=g02es3w7bztd

[therealmclay]

Day 3 #meetthemaker How you started: What kicked me into taking my art making on as my living, was a project I did at Uni which explored the deaths of animals and insects as a way of me exploring about how to cope with loss. I was struck by a fascination with mortality and the body as a material and this has kind of stuck! Part of the project was building a book which through a series of sculptural stitching, would turn the pages, to suggest the book of death was alive itself. This book I planned on making a few, so I wanted to learn about how to etch so I could experiment with a drawing as well as have a series of books. Discovering how to replicate a drawing made it easier to give my work away as I could still have a copy myself, yet each one would still hold a special something individually. Then I started running a market in Stokes Croft, Bristol , called Market at the Moon, and over the nearly 3 years I ran it, I was gaining more and more confidence and knowledge about selling my prints and sculptures on my own stall! Now I still do market stalls and sell my work in local galleries and shops and hope to find more new outlets this year. Photo one: 1m x 1m suspended copper with bread, ham and cheese #marchmeetthemaker #bristolart #bristolartist #etching #artistbook #stitchart #stitch #somersetpaper #insectart #mortality #morte #momentomores #momentomori #death #dead #loss #mourningart #printmaking #bristolprintmaking #bristolprint #bristoletching #etching #bristolprintmaker #bristolartspace

[son-of-the-mourning]

the warmth in the morning @forgetthemmag @tung_walsh @lucy.bower @maggiejmaurer @naokikomiya @lucyjbridge @hunterfashionmagazine @crfashionbook 🌀 . . . . . . . . #fashion #forgetthemmag #maggiemaurer #hunterfashionmagazine #crfashionbook #forgetthem #9 #ss16 #collage #art #artistsoninstagram #tungwalsh #lucybower #pink #sun #morning #mourningart #sonofthemourning #collageart #collageartist #fashionlove #fashiongram #fashionista (at Hollywood Sign)

[wenzdai]

Ok I'm making prints of the tintypes . People keep asking me so I'm doing it. Which ones would you like to see in Print form?comment below . I'm gonna be at first Friday next week and if you want you can preorder now and pick it up then. ($20) Prints are probably gonna be close to true size so 8x10 ish... unless you want larger In Which case message me. There's two more that I'll add to the next post. Model is the amazing @valerieshade #tintype #tintypephotography #printsale #mourning #mourningart #goth #death #deathpositive #ghost #sheetghost #analogprint #wenzdai

[mabgravesart]

"The Reliquary" - this is a special piece I created for @paintedprostheticproject that will be on view at @archenemyarts January 6th! There are some incredible artists involved in this project- pieces will be going up for auction and all proceeds will be donated to our Veterans through Warrior Pathfinder. Check out @paintedprostheticproject to see more of the beautiful pieces that are a part of this show! #paintedprostheticproject #archenemyarts #mabgraves #mourningart

[inneruniverseillustrations]

Art prompt number 26: Glorified Death... A piece of mourning. Thinking of the many statues of slave traders in the UK and in the United States, and how I had no idea who the statues were commemorating until the #blm protests enlightened me to this fact. We live in one messed up world. My hope is humanity is moving toward equal respect and opportunities for all people. Sending peace and live to all of you. ❤️ #systemicracismartchallenge #endracism #abstractillustration #abstractart #mixedmediaabstract #mixedmediapainting #canadianpainter #abstractpainter #therapeuticart #selfexploration #grief #mourning #mourningart #londonartist (at Wanstead, Redbridge, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEMbvdDH92c/?igshid=mu74tpxtovd1

[aaronfrancione]

Drew a bunch of funerary urn designs today. Here are a few of them. All available as tattoos. Email aa.francione@gmail.com for an appointment. #urn #funeralurn #mourningart #mementomori

[son-of-the-mourning]

I was walking and i found this cross over by Hollywood and Bronson ➕✝️➕ @pylotmagazine @zed_nelson 🖤 . . . . . . #fashion #magazine #zednelson #photography #photograph #fashionart #collage #collagart #artistic #cross #rip #god #father #holy #trinity #beautiful #beauty #love #light #mourning #mourningart #fujifilm #fujinatura (at Ca 101 Ventura Fwy)

[pinkoddity73]

Mourning Hair Brooch from Pinterest #vintage #victorian #mourninghair #mourningjewelry #mourningart

[the-burial-ground]

Stated on another new piece today! There's a few finishing touches to be made to my new pieces and then they'll be available @thecoveboutique and on my webshop! Let's hope I'm on a roll! 💀 #theburialground #macabreart #curio #memorialart #mourningart #eyedhawkmoth #hawkmoth #moth #victoriana #shadowbox (at The Cove Boutique)

[vincentbilleci]

#Detail #fw15 #texure #mourningart #pearl #print @ab81_ ❤️