Skull, Skull, Skull, and Buried Human Skeleton
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Skull, Skull, Skull, and Buried Human Skeleton

Just digging up some festive art for today. Happy Halloween!



Katharina Fritsch, Totenkopf (Skull), 1997/1998, porcelain/paint

Sherrie Levine, Skull, 2001, bronze

Kris Martin, Still alive, 2010, silver-plated bronze
Installation shot from The Quick and the Dead

For 2009’s exhibition The Quick and the Dead, Kris Martin created a piece that involved burying a human skeleton somewhere on the Walker’s grounds. Where is it? To find the location of the skeleton, follow the coordinates printed on the official certificate. Where did we get the skeleton? It was donated to the Walker by Kiki Smith who was given the skeleton by David Wojnarowicz.

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