Skull Appreciation Day 2013 – Skull-A-Day vs Street Anatomy Gallery Show

Posted on May 7, 2013 by C3G

Skull-A-Day and Street Anatomy have joined forces to bring together the greatest collection of skull art, to celebrate the 3rd Annual Skull Appreciation Day! The resulting exhibition of skull inspired art works co-curated by Noah Scalin and Vanessa Ruiz will be on view at the International Museum of Surgical Science, in Chicago May 31 – August 25, 2013.

FACE OFF: Skull-A-Day VS Street Anatomy
May 31 – August 25, 2013
Opening reception: Friday, May 31 5–9 PM
International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL

Featuring
Mike Egan, Tom French, Emilio Garcia, Ali Gulec, Joshua Harker, Meyoko, Nicholas Obery, Rx Skulls, Dan Springer, Rob Tarbell

In addition to showing their existing work, each artist has been asked to complete a frontal view of a skull in their own style using a template we provided. These skulls will then be split apart (digitally) and combined with other artist’s skulls to create a dynamic and unique collection of skull art prints. Each skull will be comprised of the work of two different artists, one from Skull-A-Day and one from Street Anatomy. At the end of the exhibition the respective skull halves will be brought together allowing them to see each artist’s complete skull piece. To kick it off, Vanessa and Noah have created their own original mash-up for the show poster!

The show opens with a reception at the museum on Friday, May 31, 2013 from 5-9pm.

Don’t forget about the Skull Mail Art portion of our show! It’s a chance to get your skull in our exhibition!

[INFO VIA STREET ANATOMY]

Doom Loop Skull Series

Posted on April 17, 2013 by D2G

These fragmented skull paintings are collectively called ‘Doom Loop’ followed by piece number. For instance the first image below is ‘Doom Loop 19′ and were originally created with Cel-Vinyl Acrylic (not sure how it differs from standard Acrylic?) on paper by artist Tim Biskup. I initially thought these were digital illustrations with scanned textures so I was pleasantly surprised to find they are paintings/reproductions of paintings.

Doom Loop 19

‘Doom Loop 19 can be bought as a 40″ x 30″ Archival Print (Edition of 20) for $500 from his online store.

Doom Loop 16

‘Doom Loop 16′ can be bought as a 24″ x 18″ Giclee print from his online store for $200 (edition of 100). The print also has a silver silk-screened background which is a rather nice touch.

Dead Famous Skull Paintings by George Ioannou

Posted on April 12, 2013 by C3G

Dead Famous is a series of skull paintings by British-born pop-artist George Ioannou. George’s painting skills first came to light when he launched a collection of paintings which depicted iconic scenes from a number of cult movies.

He now sells originals for around £30000 and his customer base includes the likes of Roman Abramovich, Adele and Theo Paphitis.

This particular series of skull paintings, Dead Famous, depicts a number of skulls from celebrities dead or alive. You should be able to guess each one pretty easily

Audrey Kawasaki and her skulls

Posted on April 10, 2013 by D2G

I’m sure most of us have seen the innocently erotic graphite and oil paintings from Audrey Kawasaki but now we at SAS have the chance to share some of her that feature skulls. As with all her paintings the female figure is always central to her work and is often enhanced by patterns, creatures and super soft blended colours. The combination of these sensuous beings and skulls create something entirely beautiful.

Audrey has even painted on a replica skull that was part of Kat Von D’s ‘Skulls Collective Show’ at Wonderland Gallery. The outcome is fairly creepy, like those paintings where the eyes follow you around the room.

Cindy Wright and Her Skulls

Posted on March 21, 2013 by D2G

Cindy Wright has an amazingly beautiful and gruesome collection of oil paintings, a couple of which feature skulls. It has been a long time since I have seen such clean and hyper real paintings that display such a delicate beauty. Be sure to check out the rest of her portfolio as you will have never seen fat and raw meat look so appealing.

More Skulls from Jeral Tidwell

Posted on March 9, 2013 by D2G

We have featured some skulls from Jeral Tidwell before but having a look at his website again recently I figured it was time to share more of his skulls as he just has so many of them! Jeral has a curious cartoon tattoo flavoured style that often features skulls and various other details that you may miss at a glance. I also noticed that he often paints on various other substrates like car radiators, bodies and gasoline tanks. I admire this diversity in his approach to executing his art.

Check out more of Jeral Tidwell’s madness over at his website Human Tree

Skull Murals by Fat Heat

Posted on February 18, 2013 by D2G

Pretty intense skull murals and art by Hungarian street artist Fat Heat. He has a superb array of images in his portfolio and many crazy skulls strewn about. His ‘About’ section is quite a refreshing read, no bullshit and pomp, just passion. Fat Heat’s art adorns walls, canvases and he even dabbles in the digital realm. He also has a damn fine website.

You can check out these skull murals and other work over at his Flickr account or his website.

Originally found on Meh

Death: A Self Portrait

Posted on January 4, 2013 by C3G

Death: A Self Portrait is an exhibition currently on show at the Welcome Collection in London and is from a collection of works from Richard Harris.

The exhibition has been running since November and will be closing its doors on the 24th February 2013 – I suggest going to see it; it’s free and full of skulls (not to forget loads of interesting information and history). See here for more details on Death: A Self Portrait.

The exhibition is one of the best that I have been too and contains a fantastically diverse collection of skulls, skeletons and anatomical art. The collection has been put together by Richard Harris and was inspired by anatomy in art, skulls and also death.

The collection comprises of around 1500 artworks and historical artefacts relating to death and Richard Harris started this collection in 2000 and is still collection works today. Harris has said: “As I get older the thought of my own demise has begun to enter my conscious thoughts. The universality of ‘Death,’ with the realisation that we will all die, encouraged me to begin the conversation of my mortality visually, rather than reading about it.”

You can see an interview below where he talks about the collection:

Just like Richard Harris, the exhibition also got me thinking of my own death – where will my skull be in a hundred years and what would I have done with it to not only enrich my life but also the lives of others.

All this time I have been drawn to skulls as objects for artistic expression but they are more than that. They represent our mortality, our life, past and present, and our imminent death. Initially when we started this blog posting skulls daily it was for enjoyment and to share our passion with you, but it’s more than that, it’s about celebrating life and death every day.

My favourite piece at the exhibition was this huge skull, Calavera from the Mondongo Collective (Argentina), plasticine on board, 2011; which is three-dimensional and and stands about 4 ft tall (rough guess). I have included the description from the Welcome Collection’s website below.

Calavera, Mondongo Collective (Argentina), plasticine on board, 2011
Argentinian collective Mondongo (the word for a traditional Argentinian tripe stew) assemble everyday things into irreverent three-dimensional collages. In this work, the economic and cultural dominance of Europe and the USA (represented by neoclassical architecture and Western literature) is seen to have radical consequences for South America (evoked by the villa miseria or shanty towns that are found close to Argentina’s largest cities). Copyright Mondongo Collective

Get on down to the Welcome Collection and explore death before it’s too late.

Win the Book of Skulls

Posted on January 3, 2013 by C3G

We are giving away the Book of Skulls to one lucky skull lover. The book, which we’ve blogged about before, is by Faye Dowling and includes a brief history of skulls in art and also loads of images of beautiful skull creations too.

*UPDATE – 18/01/2013: We have done our random draw and happy to announce that Leigh Froud is the winner of the book of skulls! CONGRATS

You can enter as many times as you like!

HOW TO ENTER

1. Sign up to our mailing list – which you can do on the top right of the screen. Be sure to confirm the subscription in the reply email = 1 entry.

2. Tweet your mates about us, using our tag @Skull_Society = multiple entries.

3. Follow us on Twitter – by clicking here = 1 Entry.

Easy Peasy.

Competition closes on the 17th January. Judges decision is final.

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The Book Of Skulls by Fay Dowling

Mural Featuring a Skull by Rone and Meggs

Posted on December 23, 2012 by D2G

One day we shall paint a skull using a cherry picker but until then we will watch how others do it. This massive mural was created by Rone and Meggs for the peoples market in Melbourbe.

Follow this link to watch the process video for the creation of the mural and see how to use a mop properly.

Awhile ago Meggs had an exhibit in London that I went to see but I arrived as they were packing up. The website got the closing times wrong. I had a brief chat with the guys packing up the artwork and asked them how the show was. Later I found an interview online with Meggs and realised that the guy I spoke to was the man himself or at least I’m pretty sure it was. Doh!

Found on mashKULTURE

Rone_Meggs_Mural skull Rone_Meggs_Mural_1

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