SOLD. ‘Skull Still Life’ Unique Mosaic Artwork Mounted on Wood Panel, 2022
Custom made artwork created by artist Christelle Cier, Parisian mosaicist recently established in Puerto Vallarta. Mosaic artwork is custom mounted on a 50 width x 50 height x 8 cm depth wood panel.
The one-of-a-kind artwork is inspired by the infamous “Skull Still Life” photograph by Marcus Leatherdale (Born 1952), as an ode to the artist who sadly passed away in 2022.
Private Collection, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
MARCUS LEATHERDALE: 1952-2022
Montreal-born photographer Marcus Leatherdale (1952-2022) had been exhibiting for more than 30 years in galleries worldwide. His work has been published in such magazines as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Details, and Elle Decor, featured in publications from Artforum to Interview, and is in the permanent collections of museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago and Austria’s Vienna Museum of Modern Art.
First known for his arresting portraits of New York City celebrities (Hidden Identities series-Details) in the 1980s, in 1993 Leatherdale began spending half of each year in the Indian holy city of Banaras. Based in a 200-year-old house in the old city, he began photographing the diverse and remarkable people there, from the sadhus (holy men) to celebrities, royalty to the Adivasi (tribals). Each year, for the six months he lived in India, working out of his studio and then traveling extensively, setting up makeshift studios in villages and carefully negotiating among some of India’s most elusive figures to make his portraits. In 1999, Marcus relocated to Chottanagpur, Jharkhand, where he had been focusing on the Adivasis (tribals) of India.
When not in India, Marcus had been based in Portugal (Luso Studio) and commuted between Europe and USA.