The recent work of Kitty Hubbard, assistant professor of art at the State University of New York College at Brockport, centers on visual and symbolic references to death in art throughout history, known as "memento mori." This exhibit focuses on this visual imagery and features large format inkjet prints on handmade Japanese paper.
Memento mori can be used to describe such references to death as a skeleton carved in a tombstone or rotting fruit in a painting. The photography in this exhibit highlights the significance of the flower as a symbol of life and death in art.
Hubbard, a native of Richmond, Va., received her bachelor's degree from Guilford College and her master of fine arts degree at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester. Her work has been featured in more than 60 exhibits throughout the United States as well as in two major photography textbooks. She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
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