{"id":7730,"date":"2018-12-22T22:04:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T03:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=7730"},"modified":"2018-12-22T22:04:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-23T03:04:14","slug":"gluttony-meets-memento-mori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/gluttony-meets-memento-mori\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluttony Meets Memento Mori"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFROM KOLAJ #24<\/p>\n

Lita Poliakova
\nDresden, Germany<\/h2>\n

For all their absurdity, Lita Poliakova\u2019s collages radiate a deep thinking about the human condition in societal context. She sees contemporary culture as a toxic stream of material and herself as a visual anthropologist at war with mass media. Imagery of the skull is always more than the obvious symbol of death. The dead don\u2019t care. Artists use skulls as a memento mori<\/em>, a reminder to the living of their impending death, and to advise them on how to prolong the inevitable. A simple reading of Poliakova\u2019s work is \u201cYou are what you eat\u201d and one should avoid the things that will kill you, but a deeper read points to gluttony, the embodied sister sin of greed.<\/p>\n

This Artist Portfolio appeared in <\/em>Kolaj #24. To see the entire issue, SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to <\/em>Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/em>
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\nLita (Life Is Torturing Awesome) is a full-time visual artist based in Germany. Originally from Russia, Poliakova holds an honours diploma in graphic design from the Baltic University of Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication in St. Petersburg and an honours Master\u2019s degree in graphic design from the St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design. She is pursuing an MA from the Aalto University School of Art & Design in Helsinki. Her work has been shown extensively in Europe, as well as The Philippines, Australia and the U.S. Find out more at www.litapoliakova.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This Artist Portfolio appeared in <\/em>Kolaj #24. To see the entire issue, SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to <\/em>Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Images (top to bottom):<\/strong>
\nSmile, Sugar #2<\/em> (11.69″x8.27″; analogue collage; 2018)
\nSmile, Sugar #1<\/em> (11.69″x8.27″; analogue collage; 2018)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FROM KOLAJ #24 Lita Poliakova Dresden, Germany For all their absurdity, Lita Poliakova\u2019s collages radiate a deep thinking about the human condition in societal context. She sees contemporary culture as a toxic stream of material and herself as a visual…<\/p>\n

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