Allegory of Peace
Contemporary artist, Magnus Gjoen loves to challenge our preconceived notions of beauty by offering modern takes on old masterpieces, and transforming items typically associated with violence into delicate works of art.
This piece features Gjoen's favourite motif, the human skull, decorated with scenes from Renaissance art. Allegory of Peace is a twenty-first century memento mori: an age-old artistic tradition of depicting skulls and skeletons to symbolise human mortality.
Fascinated by fragility, Gjoen is known for teasing the fine line between life and death, love and hate and beauty and destruction, to create an unsettling yet sumptuous aesthetic.
This piece is from a limited edition of 80, signed and numbered by the artist.
Size (cm): 70 x 70
Original: $781.70
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Contemporary artist, Magnus Gjoen loves to challenge our preconceived notions of beauty by offering modern takes on old masterpieces, and transforming items typically associated with violence into delicate works of art.
This piece features Gjoen's favourite motif, the human skull, decorated with scenes from Renaissance art. Allegory of Peace is a twenty-first century memento mori: an age-old artistic tradition of depicting skulls and skeletons to symbolise human mortality.
Fascinated by fragility, Gjoen is known for teasing the fine line between life and death, love and hate and beauty and destruction, to create an unsettling yet sumptuous aesthetic.
This piece is from a limited edition of 80, signed and numbered by the artist.
Size (cm): 70 x 70
