THE
SKULL
PORTRAITS
A GENERATIVE
COLLECTION
WITH REAL DNA
COLLECT RARE ARTEFACTS
Each “Skull Portrait” is formed from real skull x-ray’s of significant figures, historical or living, that the artist sourced or captured himself.
Subjects include:
Marilyn Monroe
Albert Einstein
Cosimo de Medici
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Pharaoh Tutankhamun
Beethoven
LAUNCHING
DAY OF THE DEAD 2023
A groundbreaking digital art collection featuring 3333 unique Skull Portraits, algorithmically generated, immortalised on the blockchain as NFTs.
ACCOMPANIED BY PHYSICAL
MINATURES
A TOTEM MOMENTO MORI
Each NFT is accompanied by a corresponding physical miniature in the form of a postage stamp, framed in acrylic. Collecting multiple NFTs enables collectors to create their own "mini gallery".
THE ARTIST
Created by acclaimed British artist, Alexander de Cadenet. The Skull Portraits collectible project is the culmination of 30 years of the artist's work with x-ray portraits.
He says, "The first skull portrait I made in 1995 was a self-portrait and it was based on a full frontal x-ray - radiograph of my skull. It was an exploration into my deeper self, beyond the facade and independent of the labels we often use to define each other - our face, gender, age, skin colour, nationality and even our name".
He adds, "It is not yet possible for A.I. to re-create an indisputable, objective and lasting record of a subject's identity. The face of a person can often be altered but the bone structure and form beneath cannot lie. It's as unique as a fingerprint. As we progress ever more deeply into our 'Post-Truth' era, the value placed on the indisputability and the objectivity of the skull portraits will become increasingly more apparent".
The artist has dedicated this series to the memory of his father, Alain de Cadenet, who passed away recently and who loved collecting and in particular, philately.
