Artwork Title: Gravestone
Artwork Title: GravestoneArtwork Title: Gravestone
Caulfield's distinctive memorial dispels any doubt of his current mortality. (http://www.roamingrequired.com/quirky-london-highgate-cemetery/) Caulfield's memorial is a complete surprise. He designed it himself.... The letters D E A D are pierced through a sleek slab of stone, a stark statement of fact presented with the same objectivity as his paintings. His memorial speaks tellingly about an impassive man who rarely showed his inner passions. (http://highgatecemetery.org/visit/cemetery/east) The memorial’s ironic use of Art Deco style typography and the pragmatic announcement ‘DEAD’ never fails to raise a smile to me as I pass by. It shows how a memorial can work to be a reminder that a whole human life is being celebrated – one that is full of achievement but also of humour and irony. (http://virusfonts.com/news/2009/12/seen-unusual-gravestones-patrick-caulfield/)
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