Tanato

Death is ever present. It is inevitable that we deal with it. Caloro sought confrontation with this incomprehensible phenomenon man fears most. For his work Tanato, he consulted one of the best funeral home cosmetologists in Italy, having him paint over his own self-portrait photographs, digital black-and-white-prints on DINA3 paper, with make-up used for corpses. Whereas the cosmetic colors have a warm, lively skin color on the photographs, the photographs the living persons seem cold and stiff. The roles and functions shift, and become confused. Thus, the funeral home cosmetologist becomes an artist, the artist becomes the deceased, and the cosmetics are a sign of death instead of life.