Memento Mori - Fine Art Print

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A Memento Mori is a classic and historic concept seen in many old churches and mosques, it is:

A reminder of one's mortality and of our inevitable death. Not just the inevitability of death, but also of the speed at which it marches towards us. It's a fleeting moment of panic and urgency where we feel we must overcome the seemingly insurmountable difficulties that face us, to accomplish our life's meaning before we die.

The artwork is a dreary, greyscale monochromatic vision that envelops an otherwise benign picture of a woman. An X-ray like effect strips away her current beauty and momentary tranquility to interject a mortal reminder. It's a moment of realisation that is obstructive, sudden, and completely arrests her; this is her fate, to be dead.

The artwork layers the living form over the skeletal form to reinforce the idea of a Memento Mori: Remember, you must die.

This artwork comes printed in border-less format on beautiful matte paper. In your choice of 4 standard frame sizes, A4, A3 & A2. Each print is hand-signed by the artist to ensure it's uniqueness.

Ayla Fowles

Background

Born in Syria shortly before the civil war, Ayla experienced first-hand the suffering and injustice caused by her government. Then living in Saudi, she lived under radical religious law. As a result she spent her teenage years locked in her room as she desperately sought any freedom she could find, which she found that through art. Art was her form of expression and as the years went by, she practiced and practiced while she waited for an opportunity.

She now gets to tell the story of her youth with the hope that she can show you how good things can come from bad situations, and to bring awareness to things she finds dear to her (or things that she thinks are really cool).

Art Forms

A Surrealist Artist first and foremost, who is at her best when she mixes surrealism with other artistic Styles. Her expertise with different media types really shines when she shows how seamlessly she can combine multiple artistic medium.

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