Stoneware Clay

Photography by Sylvain Deleu

Memento Mori is a still-life that tackles the themes of excess and mortality. The piece is a contemporary response to the 17th century Dutch still-life. The installation comprises of close to two hundred ceramic vessels and consists of a spectrum of alcoholic containers, including imitation plastic cider bottles, crunched beer cans and traditional chianti bottles-with red marks to the reverse of the pieces. The excess of empty consumption is a vanitas, whilst the red flecking serves as the memento mori.