Bones, bones, bones: Post-Halloween memento mori

If you didn’t get enough skulls last night, here’s an interesting art show via Simplistic Art.

Lustmord Table
Jenny Holzer, 1994

And some Embroidered skeletons by Angelo Filomeno, via Ullabenulla:

The Grand Circus: Death of Presumptuous Philosopher
Embroidery on silk shantung
Angelo Filomeno, 2005

And the granddaddy of skeleton art is of course Sedlec Ossuary, Czechoslovakia.

A few pictures from The Flying Kiwi via Ullabenulla:

And a beautiful, intimate photostream of Sedlec from Curious Expeditions:

Bone chalice
Curious Expeditions