Death Love Art takes you on a journey of cultural and historical acts of mourning and remembering, exploring how artists respond to the emotional devastation of love halted by death. From ancient rituals to modern-day customs, from the haunting beauty of first century BC Egyptian funerary portraits to Ned Kelly’s death mask and contemporary art in a variety of mediums, this exhibition addresses concepts of grief, commemoration, memorialisation, reclamation, and celebration of life, illuminating the complexity of human emotions. In all, the works are revealing, contemplative, inspirational.
Egypt, possibly er-Rubayat or Philadelphia, Portrait of young man with cloak, Roman Period, 140–160 CE, characteristic of encaustic on wood panel, 1.2 × 23.3 × 34.8cm. Courtesy National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, New South Wales
Shoalhaven Regional Gallery
9 December 2023 to 3 February 2024
New South Wales
