Details:

In this work, the artist depicts a skull on a tabletop in bright, flat colors. Part of series inspired by 17th-century Dutch oil paintings, the outlines in this scene are carved to reveal the natural wood base.
Framed: 25.0 x 21.0 x 2.0 in.
Signed

① Artwork:

Vanitas 11

In this work, the artist depicts a skull on a tabletop in bright, flat colors. Part of series inspired by 17th-century Dutch oil paintings, the outlines in this scene are carved to reveal the natural wood base.

For more than a decade, Meghan Gerety has made large-scale woodblock prints with plywood. In her recent work, she uses the woodblock processes of carving and rolling-on color to create wood reliefs that incorporate qualities from both printmaking and sculpture. Inspired by Dutch vanitas and memento mori paintings, Gerety uses skulls, flowers and other symbolic objects to confront mortality and the passage of time.

Specs:

21 inches
25 inches
with frame
21 inches
25 inches
2 inches
25 inches

③ Artist:

Meghan Gerety

For more than a decade, Meghan Gerety has made large-scale woodblock prints with plywood. In her recent work, she uses the woodblock processes of carving and rolling-on color to create wood reliefs that incorporate qualities from printmaking and sculpture. Inspired by 17th-century Dutch vanitas and memento mori paintings—as well as more contemporary artists like Andy Warhol—Gerety confronts mortality and the passage of time through this new series, which features skulls and flowers, among other symbolic objects.

BIO:

Meghan Gerety was born in 1970 in New Haven, CT, and resides between Marfa, TX, and New York City, NY. She graduated from the Atelier Clouet in Paris in 1988 and received a BA in Studio Art from Barnard College, Columbia University in New York City, NY, in 1992, where she studied printmaking with Robert Blackburn.

Gerety has presented solo shows at Marfa Contemporary, Marfa, TX (2016), and Spanierman Modern, New York City, NY (2007). Her work has been featured in many group shows, including Kinderhook Office at Bill Arning Exhibitions, Kinderhook, NY (2022); Rock Candy, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (2016); Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite at the University of Richmond, Richmond, VA (2007); and This Must Be The Place at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Hudson, NY (2005).

She was awarded a Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant in 2012 and was Artist-in-Residence at the University of Central Arkansas in 2008.

Meghan Gerety:
Vanitas 11, 2022
Acrylic on carved plywood in oak artist's frame
25.0 × 21.0 inches /
Meghan Gerety:
Vanitas 11, 2022
Acrylic on carved plywood in oak artist's frame
25.0 × 21.0 inches /