Skulls: they just won’t die. Maybe it’s the McQueen show at the Met, or
maybe the growing popularity of Mexican graveyard art. Whatever the
reason, this most mortal of motifs is everywhere from tattoos to
artisanal candles.
Round here, no one does the humble skull justice like sculptural
ceramic artist Julie
Moon, whose work is currently on display at Narwhal
Art Projects. One of my favourite affordable objects she’s done is
this delicate, Day of the Dead style piece. Far from a bare bone, it has
the madcap innocence of a near-senile grandma; plus, it’s really pretty.
Not since Hamlet has a skull been so worthy of a soliloquy. Sarah Nicole
Prickett
$200 at Magic Pony & Narwhal, 680 Queen St. W., Toronto, 416-861-1684,www.magic-pony.com
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