• 20" x 20"


• Digital Print on Archival Paper

In the series, Vanitas (in a Petri dish), contemporary bio-artist Suzanne Anker appropriates some of the tools, materials and methodologies of biotech researchers, along with the artistic tools of photography, symbolism and metaphor, to create luscious images that pop to life. With her choice of title, Vanitas (a 17th century Dutch style of still-life painting that always included dead or decaying objects to remind viewers of their own mortality), the artist adeptly reveals the intent of these artworks.