breaking down the corpse in art
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all manner of the macabre.
d_composition is an art historical take on the body hereafter. Formed at the intersection of visual culture and death, it’s aimed at those who rubberneck for anything morbidly curious. We welcome the presence lurking in the dark, believing that by talking about ‘it’, we cultivate empathy & understanding.
no seconds
Until 2011, Texas death row inmates were able to request a ‘special meal’ a personalised last supper consisting of almost anything. Fascinated by the mundane and extraordinary, New Zealand photographer Henry Hargreaves created the series No Seconds exploring the last suppers of criminals executed under the American penal system.