conch and tulips vanitas scene set underwater tokyo taxi Shibuya District

Shibuya District

Its transient nature underscores the temporary conditions of life

these works stand as singular records of a larger conceptual and physical undertaking

PA & G Gallery

tempering surfaces and allowing contours to hover between definition and dissolution

conch and tulips vanitas scene set underwater tokyo taxi Shibuya DistrictThe Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,