Vanitas (1976)
Creator:
Krikorian, Tamara-
This work is part of the rewind archive.
Duration: 8m 9s
Year: 1976
Original formats:1/2 inch EIAJ reel-to-reel
Type of work:Videotape
Funding source: Self
First exhibited: Video Defining an Aesthetic, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow 1976
“Vanitas came after seeing a French painting attributed to Nicolas Tournier at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, An Allegory of Justice and Vanity . Vanitas is a self-portrait of the artist and at the same time an allegory of the ephemeral nature of television.’ – Tamara Krikorian 1978
Above statement written by the artist on Vanitas, single-screen installation.
Vanitas installed at the REWIND Soft Launch 2006 
Restaged for the REWIND Soft Launch at DCA, Dundee 2006
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