Presented as colorful coasters, these artworks are a reminder of the continuum of life’s vivid expressions and death’s inevitable decay. In prior centuries, Vanitas paintings warned against the excesses of material culture. Here, the viewer is presented with images of flowers, insects, and fruits, which vanish over time. As simple warnings about the delicacy of life and the manner in which the elements of earth can be transformed, we pause at our own mortality.

Red set with four unique coasters, 4” x 4” each.

Presented as colorful coasters, these artworks are a reminder of the continuum of life’s vivid expressions and death’s inevitable decay. In prior centuries, Vanitas paintings warned against the excesses of material culture. Here, the viewer is presented with images of flowers, insects, and fruits, which vanish over time. As simple warnings about the delicacy of life and the manner in which the elements of earth can be transformed, we pause at our own mortality.

Yellow set with four unique coasters, 4” x 4” each.

The gene has become a cultural icon and an increasingly rich source of imagery and ideas for visual artists. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary painting and sculpture, The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age explores moral and bioethical questions like “What is "identity" in a society of genetically manipulated individuals?”

Embodied Fantasies, a concept central to art history, theory and practice is concurrently a topic debated in the fields of the neuro- and cognitive sciences, philosophy and phenomenology. This volume focuses on notions of embodiment as they relate to sexuality, aesthetics, epistemology, perception, and fantasy itself.

Nature, a topic central to art history, is concurrently a dominant concept in contemporary art, art theory and its related disciplines such as cultural theory, philosophy, aesthetic theory and environmental studies. The project Naturally Hypernatural questions lines of tradition and predetermined categories that coexist with the topic of nature.

This exhibition catalog was published in conjunction with the exhibition "Strata", consisting of two solo shows, "Suzanne 1.5° Celsius" and "Frank Excavations and Banquets". Co-curated by DJ Hellerman and David A. Ross, on view at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, from February 9 through April 21, 2019.

Paperback – January 1, 2014