Tomorrow Belongs To No-One
Magnus Gjoen's evocative work treads a fascinating line between humour and horror. By offering a modern take on old masterpieces, and transforming items typically associated with violence into delicate works of art, Gjoen challenges our preconceived notions of beauty. His work combines Street Art, Pop Art and Fine Art sensibilities, and highlights humanity's capacity for creating immense beauty one minute, and mass destruction the next.
In Tomorrow Belongs To No-One, Gjoen fashions a skull from naked bodies typical of Baroque and Renaissance masterworks. The monochrome tones and lounging figures give the appearance that the skull is going up in smoke.
The human skull is a recurring motif in Gjoen's art. It works as a contemporary update of the classic Memento Mori - an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death.
This giclee print is from a limited edition of 125, signed by the artist.
Size (cm): 30 x 30
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Magnus Gjoen's evocative work treads a fascinating line between humour and horror. By offering a modern take on old masterpieces, and transforming items typically associated with violence into delicate works of art, Gjoen challenges our preconceived notions of beauty. His work combines Street Art, Pop Art and Fine Art sensibilities, and highlights humanity's capacity for creating immense beauty one minute, and mass destruction the next.
In Tomorrow Belongs To No-One, Gjoen fashions a skull from naked bodies typical of Baroque and Renaissance masterworks. The monochrome tones and lounging figures give the appearance that the skull is going up in smoke.
The human skull is a recurring motif in Gjoen's art. It works as a contemporary update of the classic Memento Mori - an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death.
This giclee print is from a limited edition of 125, signed by the artist.
Size (cm): 30 x 30
