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Mabel Tam

Death

Illustration
2025
Acrylic, oil on wood panel
12” x 36”
Death is a transitionary period, not only for the person who passes but for those around them who will have to cope and live on without that person. The mausoleum is a space used throughout history to house the dead, and its threshold is a metaphorical doorway to the state after life. A death's head hawk-moth and its cocoon is used to signify the transitionary nature of death.

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