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CITYarts, Inc. is a nonprofit public arts and education organization recreated in 1989 by Executive and Creative Director Tsipi Ben-Haim after its predecessor, Cityarts Workshop, closed down in 1988. With a new name and a new mission, Tsipi Ben-Haim wanted the voices of our youth to be heard. She cr...Read more
Dec 5, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024
2016
20" x 20"
In the series, Vanitas (in a Petri dish), contemporary bio-artist Suzanne Anker appropriates some of the tools, materials and methodologies of biotech researchers, along with the artistic tools of photography, symbolism and metaphor, to create luscious images that pop to life. With her choice of title, Vanitas (a 17th century Dutch style of still-life painting that always included dead or decaying objects to remind viewers of their own mortality), the artist adeptly reveals the intent of these artworks.
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