Upcoming Exhibition – Vanitas: Shrines, Relics, Mementos

Opening: 8th of October from 7pm-10 pm.
Show Runs October 8th- November 1st
Gallery Hours: 11am-3pm.
Closing Costume Party: October 29th from 7-12pm, with bands TBA.

Vanitas are paintings, meant to represent the fleeting ephemeral moments of life that leave one feeling empty, and contemplative. Popularized during the 16th and 17th century in the city of Flanders, Netherlands, common Vanitas symbols include skulls, rotten fruit, bubbles, smoke, watches, hourglasses, and musical instruments, which symbolize brevity and the ephemeral nature of life and the suddenness of death. This collection of contemporary Vanitas installations, coupled with traditional Mexican Dia de los Muertos shrines, is the driving force behind the UP Collective’s most recent group show: Vanitas: Shrines, Relics and Mementos.

Featured UP Collective Artists in Main Gallery:
Bari Candy, Audrey Fox, Marta Gibbs, Ricardo Santiago Jaén, Farrah Rasheed, Amruta Shah, Annie Tomolinson, Allison Walvoord, Adrian Zamora & Guests.

North Gallery:
Latter Day Goddesses & Guardians featuring the work of Laura Tankersley

South Gallery:
Joshua Meadows and Farrah Nada of Bone Sculptures

Note: ANY visitors are welcome to leave there own mementos on the collective alter.

Taylor Browning

Taylor Browning is a founding member of UP Collective and an in-house studio artist. She is also Webmaster and Education Curator at UP Collective. www.taylorbrowning.com

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