I Saw Myself as a Donkey

Warning! Enter at your own risk. Do not touch, do not feed, no smoking, no photographs, no dogs, thank you., Maurizio Cattelan, 1994.
(donkey, crystal chandelier, dimensions variable)

'My first idea was too expensive. My second idea was not possible to realize. So I saw myself as a donkey.'

Love Lasts Forever

Love Lasts Forever, Maurizio Cattelan, 1999. (image from here)

The first, they said, should be sweet like love; the second bitter, like life; and the third soft, like death.

The first, they said, should be sweet like love; the second bitter, like life; and the third soft, like death, Maurizio Cattelan, 1998

Untitled (On the Sixth Day)

Untitled, from On the Sixth Day, Alessandra Sanguinetti, 1996-2004

A Little Death

A Little Death, Sam Taylor-Wood, 2002

Dead Hare

Still Life with Dead Hare and Partridges, Dirk Valkenburg, 1717

Wombat and Watermelon

Wombat and Watermelon, Marian Drew, 2006

Still Life (On the Sixth Day)

Still Life, from the series On the Sixth Day, Alessandra Sanguinetti, 2006

Still Life with Dead Birds

Still Life with Dead Birds, Christoffel van den Berghe, 1624

The Dog and the Wolf

Untitled #24 (From the series: The Dog and the Wolf), Laura Letinsky, 2009