Plants
Ant Hamlyn’s Vibrant, Smushed Still Lifes Preserve the Impermanent
Known for his squishy flowers and foliage made of polyurethane-coated fabrics, often encased-slash-smushed behind panels of clear acrylic, ...
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Untamed Flora Subsumes Abandoned Greenhouses in Romain Veillon’s ‘Secret Gardens’
In Romain Veillon’s most recent body of work, Secret Gardens, the enigmatic allure of abandoned greenhouses takes center ...
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Omar Mendoza’s Natural Pigment Paintings Radiate the Power of Ancestral Knowledge
Since ancient times, artists and craftsmen have drawn upon natural pigments for creative use. Extracting dyes from organic ...
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Beau Miles’ Marathon, Single-Day Planting Project Sprouts a New Forest in an Australian Field
Beau Miles is a nature-lover, adventurer, and a self-described oddball who makes stuff from other people’s junk. Based ...
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Raul De Lara’s Whimsical Wooden Sculptures Defy Borders
Why can plants be considered native to more than one nation while people can’t? This line of inquiry ...
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Glowing Plastic Spores Spring from Invasive Vines in Mika Rottenberg’s ‘Vibrant Matter’
When a virulent material enters an ecosystem, it can wreak havoc on existing life. Bittersweet vines in Upstate ...
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Kudzu Engulfs Everything in Its Path in Zac Henderson’s ‘Palimpsest’
After 13 years on the road, Zac Henderson (previously) traded in the van he and his wife lived ...
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Thijs Biersteker’s Digital Sculptures Translate Climate Data into Urgent Calls to Action
An unassuming cacao tree in Indonesia has made a unique connection to a high-tech artwork in China. Thanks ...
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A New Book Cultivates a Rich Survey of 300 Magnificent Gardens
From the humble backyard plot to the royal Water Theatre Grove at Versailles, gardens have long been a ...
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Tenderly Crocheted Sculptures by Caitlin McCormack Contend with Existential Dread
Caitlin McCormack is known for her crocheted, skeletal animals and otherworldly plants that nod to a speculative future ...
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