Tag: macabre
Freeman Ranch is a 3,500-acre (1,400 ha) plot of land between San Marcos and Wimberley, Texas. It was founded in 1941 by weekend ranchers Harold M. “Harry” Freeman and his brother Joe.[1] Freeman Ranch houses 50 varying dead decaying bodies. These bodies are used to study the effects of the stages of body decomposition on the effect on the soil. [2]
Damien Hirst, The Lovers (Spontaneous, Committed, Detached, Compromising), 1991, Cabinets containing assorted jars of internal organs from 8 cows in a 5% formaldehyde solution , Each 152 x 102 x 23cm
Marlene Dumas, Portrait after Dead Marilyn, 2008, Metallic acrylic, ink and water on paper, Framed: 19 5/8 x 16 x 1 ½ inches 49.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Paper: 13 1/8 x 10 inches 33.3 x 25.4 cm (image source: http://www.davidzwirner.com)
Francis Bacon (British, b. 1909-1992), Study for Portrait II (after the Life Mask of William Blake), 1955. Oil on canvas 61 × 50.8 cm (24 × 20 in.)
Rachel Lachowicz
Forensic Projection (28, 58, 88 Years), 1992
Date: 1999
Identifier: 15773
Image Format: 35mm slides
Installation view: “The Time of Our Lives,” New Museum, New York, 1999.
Photography Credit: Fred Scruton
Kiki Smith, Hanging Woman, 1993
Gina Pane, Action Posthume de L’action Death Control, 1974
Berlinde De Bruyckere
No Life Lost II, 2015, 2015
Horse skin, wood, glass, fabric, leather, blankets, iron, epoxy
237.5 x 342.9 x 188 cm / 93 ½ x 135 x 74 in
Photo: Mirjam Devriendt
Little Bristling Soul 