"Danse Macabre" ©Valerie L. Winslow
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"Danse Macabre"
©Valerie L. Winslow
Mixed Media:
Two facsimiles drawings: (by Winslow) One is showing a male figure dancing with a skeleton, the other is a female figure dancing with a skeleton.
Prints: Seven miniature reproductions of Han Holbein's Danse Macabre, all individually placed within ornate frames.
Recycled objects: Ornate frame corners for the pediment, small Gothic arch (former Christmas ornament), brass key-hole. two wooden carved Gothic arch-shaped frames, small plastic skeletons dancing within a vintage grill, small plastic skeleton within a small wooden coffin surrounded with miniature skulls carved from bone, brass hardware, two brass-colored shelf brackets, ornate molding, all placed within a wooden encasement.
Size: 30 (H) x 25.5 (W) x 2 (D) inches
Theme: The great Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once wrote: "If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you may as well make it dance." It reminds us to see the comedic side to darkness, to shine a light onto the shadowy secrets we hide, and, to make our skeletons dance."
