Memorial for An Art World Body (Nevermore) 2009

"Memorial for An Art World Body (Nevermore)" (2009) by Jo Baer is a mixed-media work on paper that combines elements of collage, drawing, and painting. The work features a dark, celestial backdrop with a large, full moon, stars, and constellations. A bird with red wings flies across the moon, a black crow perches on a tree, and three figures stand in a row. Below, a woman in a bikini stands on a shell with a dark figure to her left. The work is a complex and enigmatic meditation on life and death, mortality and immortality, with themes of loss and the fragility of life. It currently resides in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.