Since they became self-aware and started looking for meaning in their short lives, humans have deliberately fought against the passage of time. They have devoted all their ingenuity, inventiveness and heart to challenging Death. Art, this cathartic instrument of our emotions, evokes all that broadens and enriches the spirit. Most of all, however, it purges that which blackens our minds and numbs our hearts: the unknown, the unusual, and the terrifying reminder of the fragility of our existence. Clearly, this exhibition is not trying to avoid these feelings. If we exorcised our...
Since they became self-aware and started looking for meaning in their short lives, humans have deliberately fought against the passage of time. The...