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Memento Mori

 
Memento Mori

 
Philadelphia: The Galleries at Moore, 1985. LCC: . 12 pp; 8 b&w ills., bibliography, chronology/biography, exhibition checklist, introduction by Elsa Longhauser. Soft back $20 plus s/h [ISBN 1-58442-033-2].

Brochure for the exhibition “Memento Mori” held at the Galleries at Moore, November 8–December 18, 1985. Includes “Memento Mori” by Richard Flood.

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The genre of memento mori—Latin for “remember that you must die”—has been pervasive throughout history. Emphasizing the trend toward the irrational in the investigation of mortality, this group exhibition presented objects by American and European artists in their historical contexts.

Included in the exhibition were works by

 
Ulay and Marina Abramovic
Lothat Baumgarten
Joseph Beuys
David Bowes
Robert Delford Brown
Dominick DiMeo
Steve Gianokos
Anthony Gormley
Jenny Holzer
Anselm Kiefer
Jannis Kounellis
Barbara Kruger
Sherrie Levine
Nino Longobardi
Robert Mapplethorpe
Ann McCoy
Dick Miller

 
Robert Morris
Bruce Nauman
Joseph Nechuatal
Hermann Nitsch
Tom Otterness
Irving Penn
Cara Perlman
Aldo Rossi
Juan Sanchez-Juarez
Jeanne Silverthorne
Nancy Spero
Paul Thek
Michael Tracy
Rosemarie Trockel
Andy Warhol
Joel Peter Witkin
Daisy Youngblood


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