[A still life containing various types and colors of flowers, butterflies, and insects is depicted inside a porcelain vase with blue designs. A blue porcelain bird sits atop an orange on the left side of the frame. Red silk, various kinds of fruit, a small skull, a single die with the number three on it, a small clock, and an hourglass sit at the bottom of the frame. The whole scene sits on a marble table top against a dark red background.]
Audrey Flack
Time to Save from Audrey Flack: 12 Photographs 1973 to 1983 , 1979
Artwork Type: Photographs
Medium: Dye transfer on paper
Dimensions: 20 x 18 in. (50.8 x 45.72 cm)
Accession #: 19931094H
Credit: Collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York on behalf of The University at Albany Foundation, gift of Stephen and Linda Singer
Related Exhibitions:
Persuasive Images: Selected Works from the Art Collections at the University at Albany
Affinities and Outliers: Highlights from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections
Copyright: © Audrey Flack
Object Label:
Show Object Label(s)A vase of flowers, various fruits, a tiny human skull, a clock and an hourglass, a single die, a glass bird, and brightly colored insects come together to form this vibrant scene. Created during the height of Flack’s Photorealist period, Time to Save once again pays homage to the artist’s fascination with life and death, a theme that is prevalent in the 17th-century vanitas style of painting. Time moves onward, as represented in the clock and hourglass, and even the most beautiful things—flowers, butterflies, ripe fruits—are subject to death and decay.
The following text was researched and written by: Lily Hopkins, MSIS 4+1 Program: Archives and Records Administration '21, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Intern
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