{"id":684,"date":"2025-01-29T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/?p=684"},"modified":"2025-03-18T11:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T11:52:06","slug":"in-london-an-enormous-exhibition-of-500-works-roots-out-the-creative-seeds-of-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/in-london-an-enormous-exhibition-of-500-works-roots-out-the-creative-seeds-of-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"In London, an Enormous Exhibition of 500+ Works Roots Out the Creative Seeds of Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In nature, flowers serve as an essential component of the reproduction process. But for humans, scented blooms are ripe with myriad meanings and symbolism that transcend their biological functions.<\/p>\n

During Victorian times<\/a>, offering a bouquet to someone with your right hand indicated a non-verbal “yes,” while a yellow carnation would reject an admirer. Similarly in art history, wilting flowers rendered as a momento mori remind us of death’s inevitability, and for van Gogh<\/a>, sunflowers were the perfect stand-in for gratitude.<\/p>\n

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Aim\u00e9e Hoving, “Compost” (2019). Image \u00a9 Aimee Hoving, flowers by Brigitte Gentis van Dam Merrett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A massive exhibition opening next month at Saatchi Gallery<\/a> cultivates a vast repertoire of works that explores how blooms have become an omnipresent entity in human life and creativity. Flowers: Flora in Contemporary Art and Culture<\/em> brings together more than 500 photographs, installations, sculptures, archival pieces, and other objects to create a rich landscape spanning millennia.<\/p>\n

Anchoring the exhibition is an expansive and immersive work of 100,000-plus dried flowers by Rebecca Louise Law<\/a>. Smaller pieces include Xuebing Du<\/a>\u2019s ethereal photos of flowers in natural light, VOYDER’s streaky steam-laden compositions, and lush, vibrant gardens by Faye Bridgewater.<\/p>\n

Opening in time to usher in spring in London, Flowers<\/em> runs from February 12 to May 5.<\/p>\n

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VOYDER, “In Love with the Idea of You” (2024). Image courtesy of the artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Miriam Tolke, “Flowers of Yesterday.” Image courtesy of the artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sandra Kantanen, “Still Life (Flowers I).” Image courtesy the artist and Purdy Hicks Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Xuebing Du, “Mother of Pearl” (2018). Image courtesy of the artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carmen Mitrotta, “Geometric Leaves.” Image courtesy the artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Faye Bridgwater, “En Masse” (2025). Image courtesy of the artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ann von Freyburg, “Floral Arrangement 1 (After Jan van Huysum, Still Life).” Image courtesy of the artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article In London, an Enormous Exhibition of 500+ Works Roots Out the Creative Seeds of Flowers<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In nature, flowers serve as an essential component of the reproduction process. But for humans, scented blooms are ripe with myriad meanings and symbolism that transcend their biological functions. During Victorian times, offering a bouquet to someone with your right hand indicated a non-verbal “yes,” while a yellow carnation would reject an admirer. Similarly in Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}