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Sigma Series No. 2: Ars longa vita brevis

Harold Geoffrey Slovic

2000

3D-Collage

676 photographer: Harold Geoffrey Slovic
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height: 55 cm width: 45 cm

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3D Collage in the manner of Joseph Cornell.
Exhibited at the Gallery of the International Fine Arts Association Okazaki City.

Objects mounted on a backing board in a deep frame under glass. Objects include(clockwise from bottom left): a ceramic salt-shaker in the shape of a vulture a digital photo-miniature of a original etching a wooden letter W mounted on its side to look like the Greek letter SIGMA a glass Eye of God mounted under fragment of a ceramic bowl a miniature violin a broken coffee-cup spilling coffee (coffee is made from dried screen-printing ink) a piece of ceramic roof tile from the house of the artist digital photos of a Noh Mask (Zo-onna) carved by Dr. Ito. Inner walls of frame are covered with strips of shellaced cloth with writings from the Rosetta Stone. All objects are mounted on a hand-dyed paper background.

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