The Self-Help Graphics Gallery had many great pieces of art highlighting the absurdity that is so essential to the Day of the Dead celebrations. Dia de los Muertos allows the dead to return and assume the routines of the living. Here, having Death enjoy a nice glass of red liquour represents the level of humor behind this celebration.
Placing the dead in such compromising positions only reveals the ridiculous nature and vanity that are inherent in such acts of leisure. Such negative virtues are especially pronounced when the subjects are dead. The absurdity flows from the abundance of life and emotion as personified by skeletons. It is as if the dead knew how to best enjoy life, possibly because they have the experience we lack. Things may be better the second time around.
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