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Momento Mori

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Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico   November 1986January 1987
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A very special cross section of prominent contemporary artists offered a fresh view of a subject - ‘memento mori’ - that has, from the beginning of created art, absorbed man at his most humble and most transcendent. The artists that were on display come to terms with death - both real and figurative - in a genuinely contemplative and spiritual manner. By presenting them in a historical context, Momento Mori highlighted their individual gifts and, at the same time, offered an overview that was reflective, disturbing, and, in its implications for us all, inescapable.

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