Empty Shells 2011

Conceptually I want to explore death. I realise all along I have been doing so. At each stage of my artistic practice I have looked at an aspect of death in some way. I can’t seem to get away from it. It is this great unknowable idea that I need to try and make sense of. I know that I probably never will, but I want to try and explore it. I will not do it obviously like before where I become bogged down in the horror of it. I don’t want gore and guts, corpses and hopelessness. I want to tie this in with the other persistent idea of my practice; abandonment. Abandoned objects speak to me and there is no greater abandonment than death, when you think about it. Over the years I have collected shells, dead things, skulls, all empty shells.
Catherine Penny
6 Artworks curated by Catherine Penny
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Not Applicable Eyes thumb

Not Applicable Eyes

Photography, 16.5 W x 11.7 H x 2 D in

Rhiannon Adam

United Kingdom

TV thumb

TV

Photography, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 0.1 D in

02 Serie Carum (Ivana) thumb

02 Serie Carum (Ivana)

Photography, 14 W x 21 H x 1 D in

Prints from $40

identity thumb

identity

Paintings, 94 W x 60 H x 0.1 D in

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Mahmood Sabzi

United States

Welcome To Your Symptoms thumb

Welcome To Your Symptoms

Photography, 59.1 W x 39.4 H x 0.4 D in

Arya Ghavamian

United States

Titliss thumb

Titliss

Photography, 19.7 W x 21.7 H x 0.1 D in

Beatrice thumb

Beatrice

Photography, 19.7 W x 21.7 H x 0.1 D in

A space traveler to the Andromeda Galaxy thumb

A space traveler to the Andromeda Galaxy

Paintings, 51.2 W x 59.1 H x 2 D in

Prints from $40

Lucid Dreaming thumb

Lucid Dreaming

Photography, 37 W x 30 H x 0.1 D in

Kendall Waldman

United States

Prints from $40

Burnt offering! thumb

Burnt offering!

Paintings, 36 W x 28 H x 1 D in

$980

Prints from $105

untitled thumb

untitled

Paintings, 51.2 W x 38.2 H x 1.2 D in

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$2,510

Prints from $95

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Trepidated thumb

Trepidated

Collage, 17 W x 24 H x 0.1 D in

Vasilisa Forbes

United Kingdom

The Itch thumb

The Itch

Sculpture, 23.6 W x 74.8 H x 19.7 D in

Vasilis Asimakopoulos

United Kingdom

Belles Dominica thumb

Belles Dominica

Paintings, 12 W x 12 H x 1 D in

Christina Penrose

United States

$880

8 Hours in Yeti Arms thumb

8 Hours in Yeti Arms

Collage, 28.3 W x 17.3 H x 0.1 D in

Prints from $370

Rollergirl thumb

Rollergirl

Mixed Media, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 0.1 D in

Loic Zimmermann

United States

boy with diving goggles thumb

boy with diving goggles

Paintings, 31.5 W x 31.5 H x 1.2 D in

Prints from $165

hair |he(ə)r| II Edition 3/10 thumb

hair |he(ə)r| II Edition 3/10

Photography, 35.4 W x 35.4 H x 2 D in

Richard Brocken

Netherlands

$3,170

Empty Shells - Robyn thumb

Empty Shells - Robyn

Photography, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 0.1 D in

Empty Shells - Death Valley thumb

Empty Shells - Death Valley

Photography, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 0.1 D in

Empty Shells - Criss Cross Skull thumb

Empty Shells - Criss Cross Skull

Photography, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 0.1 D in

Empty Shells - In Repose thumb

Empty Shells - In Repose

Photography, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 0.1 D in

Empty Shells - Flakes of Curling Bone thumb

Empty Shells - Flakes of Curling Bone

Photography, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 0.1 D in

Empty Shells - Duck thumb

Empty Shells - Duck

Photography, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 0.1 D in

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