Splitting death

Dublin Core

Title

Splitting death

Subject

AAT:
street art

LCSH:
Mural painting and decoration, American--Michigan--Detroit--21st Century.
Psychedelic art.
Skull in art.

Description

Painted on a rolling steel door. The painting is vertically bisected in the middle. The right half is an orange skull painted in a styled manner. The background of the right half is a dark blue field scattered with purple stars and a moon. The left half shows the silhouette of the stylized skull, filled in with dark blue, purple stars, a white star, a white orb with a black star. The skull is decorated with dripping purple and black lines which mirror the shape of each succeeding curved line from the top. The left half background is orange. The work is unsigned.

Creator

Jason Abraham Smith [Lurk and Destroy]

Date

Created: 2021 (?)
Photographed: 2023-09-21

Rights

The rights and intellectual property for this image is likely that of the original creator. The original creator or their representative should be contacted and consulted on the terms of using this image.

Relation

The work on the door to the left is by the artist Malt (Rick Malt).

Format

spray paint on steel door

Type

Still Image

Identifier

DMM-2022-00125

Bibliographic Citation

Additional work by the artist can be found at the website Lurk and destroy: https://www.lurkanddestroy.com/art-prints

Spatial Coverage

565 E Milwaukee Ave, Detroit, MI 48202; 42.371861833876316, -83.0654888308461

Collection

Citation

Jason Abraham Smith [Lurk and Destroy], “Splitting death,” Wayne State University - School of Information Sciences, accessed July 7, 2025, https://waynestateu.omeka.net/items/show/1421.

Geolocation