Brian Dettmer‘s  stunning tape skull…

(via designboom) 

 Brian Dettmer on flickr

The mortises, a memento mori by Ryan McNamara and Kool-Aid Mizrahi…

All this grieving calls for a soundtrack, something with a beat that would also remind us of our imminent deaths. (If art distracts from our mortality, it also serves to reinscribe our finitude—like a child, art should outlast us.)…

…This is my death rattle.

The art of John Espinosa.

Things you can or can’t learn on TV (2001)

Skull prismatic resurrection (2003)

Silvia Ji‘s paintings and drawings…

here and here

Tina Winkhaus‘ photos…

                                              My Funeral

                                            My Resurrection

Joel-Peter Witkin, the genius. #1 #2 #3.

The Raft of George W. Bush (2006)

Melvin Burkhart: Human Oddity (1985)