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Created in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, by photographer and artist Matthew Rolston, Vanitas: The Palermo Portraits is an evocative new body of work that addresses intertwined narratives of human existence, beauty and the grotesque, and the power of art to connect with the beyond.

The three photographs presented at ArtCenter’s Mullin Transportation Design Center are the artist’s triptych, which depicts two mummified children flanking an elderly adult, representing the dichotomies of sacred and secular, youth and age, life and death. Vanitas furthers Rolston’s exploration of beauty, mortality, and the cultural histories embedded in portraiture.