About ‘Ornament from an ancient tomb’ by SACKGASSE
Nowhere is the experience of impermanence and decay more intense than in a cemetery.
I found this old tomb in the cemetery of Sant Feliu de Guixols, a village on Spain's Costa Brava.
The ornament is showing cracks, crumbling, losing its paint. I love these scars of decay. These traces of history, give the ornament historical…
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Sackgasse is a Belgian visual artist and photographer who graduated from LUCA School of Arts in Brussels.
His inspiration is often based on impermanence and decay.
He relives the childlike wonder at the beauty of stones, shells and insects when observing the traces of time and erosion on matter.
His chosen locations are diverse: cemeteries, abandoned villages, nature reserves, beaches, and old landfills.
His recent work consists mainly of close-ups that have an…
