Skull Human

On the border of this print surrounding the image the following is written: An American tourist is approached by a Mexican kid holding a small human skull in his hand. He asks him: “...

Some of the still life works from this period also feature the vanitas element of a human skull. Notwithstanding technical, stylistic, and compositional changes in his still life pai...

His groundbreaking works include The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991), a shark in formaldehyde; Mother and Child Divided (1993) a four-part sculpt...

In 2007 Hirst created what is arguably his most provocative work: For the Love of God, a life-sized platinum cast of a human skull, covered entirely by 8,601 VVS to flawless pavé set...

What is most striking about the container, though, is the imagery of stringy masses meandering its surface, cartoon human skulls, and a ghost print of a figure's face.

Patrick Nevin's (US based) "Quoting Sagan" is an oil painting that depicts a human skull situated with books and letter blocks, and other various objects in a dark interior.

Patrick Nevin's (US based) "Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" is an oil painting that depicts a human skull situated with an orange, a Marine Corps coin, and other various objects in a...

., "one sighs fits all"), symbols such as figure eights and tic-tac-toe grids, recurring motifs such as human skulls and dunce caps, and mischievous pop-cultural and art-historical r...

He has pushed the limits of fine art and good taste with sculptures that comprise dead animals submerged in formaldehyde; innumerable spot paintings that appear mass-produced and can...

Real human Asmat skull from Papua New Guinea shot in 2017.

Real human Asmat skull from Papua New Guinea shot in 2017.

In both his installations, sculpture and paintings, Eric Orr worked with elemental qualities of natural materials, e.g. stone, metal, water, and fire, gold leaf, lead, blood, human s...

In the 1960s he produced paintings in protest against the Vietnam War, some of which incorporated the human skulls he had collected from Mexican graveyards.

In the 1960s he produced paintings in protest against the Vietnam War, some of which incorporated the human skulls he had collected from Mexican graveyards.

Some of the still life works from this period also feature the vanitas element of a human skull. Notwithstanding technical, stylistic, and compositional changes in his still life pai...

Since the early 2000s Hirst has produced ambitious, captivating works ranging from the kaleidoscopic butterfly paintings (2001–08)—made by placing thousands of butterfly wings in int...

Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Souvenirs from New Mexico and Georgian Icons" is an oil painting that depicts a still-life of human skulls on a wooden table. Bio/Artist Statement: G...

Author Peter Selz, writing in the catalogue, described the link between the three artists: “A canvas like Chinese Reds (1990) in scarlet color relates to the chromatic scheme of his ...