In a series of photographic works, Andra Ursuţa explores ghost photography from the Victorian era, where technical tricks allowed people to take pictures with their deceased family members. Untitled (2021), however, is a portrait that pulses with energy and life. A skeleton is positioned halfway sitting in the iconic Wire Chair, designed by Charles and Ray Eames. The form and expression of these two are strikingly similar.

Ursuţa created the photogram by covering a Halloween skeleton and the designer chair with velvet soaked in photographic chemicals, then exposing it to light. Rather than depicting an invisible spirit, Ursuţa captures the "dead" directly in the material and surface of the photogram. The portrait references historical death masks, which aimed to preserve the liveliness of the deceased and protect their soul for eternity. Ursuţa’s image becomes both a sentimental gesture and a critique of consumer culture, which follows us all the way to the grave.