Maya Attoun | Cabinets of Wonder in Contemporary Art

Curators: Dalia Levin, Daria Kaufmann and Ghila Limon
Sep. 8, 2012 - Dec. 29, 2012

Born in Israel, 1974

Abacus, 2012, installation, 240 linoleum skulls

A human skull is perhaps the best-known form of memento mori (Latin for “Remember your mortality”) – images and objects used to allude to the ephemerality of human life. Skulls were thus often included in cabinets of wonder in order to introduce a sense of humility into the owner’s display of wealth and knowledge, and to remind both the collector and his guests of the fleeting nature of life and of the need to repent.

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