Jeph Gurecka, Memento Mori, 2005. Bread, archival resin. approx. 15' X 10 457 cm X 305. 1000 anatomically correct cast human skulls in various types of bread, archival resin. collection of Futura Gallery and Castle Trebesice, Prague  Czech Republic

Jeph Gurecka, Memento Mori, detail

Jeph Gurecka, Memento Mori, detail

Jeph Gurecka, Memento Mori, detail

Jeph Gurecka, Memento Mori, 2004. Bread, chopping block. approx. 10" X 6' X 2' 25.4cm X 183 X 61. Anatomically correct bread Skulls were fresh baked for gallery opening and left to decay during the exhibition.

Jeph Gurecka, Memento Mori, detail

Jeph Gurecka, Memento Mori, detail

Jeph Gurecka, Memento Mori, detail

Jeph Gurecka, Bread Skull Fondue, 2004. Bread, fondue, mix media, approx. 4.5' X 4' X 4' 137cm X 122 X 122. A bread skull fondue was set for visitors in an abandoned meat packing cooler in New York City. curated by Alison Meehan

Jeph Gurecka, Bread Skull Fondue, detail

Jeph Gurecka, Bread Skull Fondue, detail

Brooklyn-based artist Jeph Gurecka uses food and organic matter in fascinating ways to make his conceptual pieces, taxidermying chicken parts and arranging them into a muscular, human torsoe, or making a huge pile of skulls made out of bread, or reproducing photos using salt, soil, and ash.