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# Curios About: Alice by Larry Dunne
- URL: https://www.dublininquirer.com/curios-about-alice-by-larry-dunne/
- Published: 2016-01-20T18:49:29.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-19T18:49:00.000Z
- Description: Artist Larry Dunne uses Alice in Wonderland and pandas to explore the chaos of life in the face of death. Click through for the full image.
- Author: Square in the Circle
- Tags: Culture Desk, arts, Curios About, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-03-05 15:28

**Alice**  
By Larry Dunne  
Ballpoint pen, 6B pencil, and Staedtler markers on cream paper  
11.7 x 16.5 inches

1\. This work is about . . . the chaos of life in the face of certain death, and amalgamating some of my favourite things into one chaotic instance to form a new narrative: *Alice in Wonderland*, mass-produced panda toys, and the theory of *memento mori*.

2\. I made this work because . . . honestly, it started as a small sketchbook collage from 2012 that was rediscovered and subsequently turned into a full-scale illustration in 2015.

3\. I hope when people see this work they will . . . consider the joy of absurdity and chaos in the face of mortality.

4\. In terms of art history, this work . . . is inspired by the illustrations of [John Tenniel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%5FTenniel?ref=dublininquirer.com), the ever-popular subject of *memento mori*, and Liu Bolin’s disguise artwork, from which I developed the concept of the panda-laden background.

5\. You can see my work . . . on my dedicated Facebook art page [here](https://www.facebook.com/LarryDunneArtwork).

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9f/78/9f782dda-9dc9-44d1-b817-fe80588bdc76/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-2439.jpg)

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