Flower
Flowers may seem too mundane to justify its continued existence in contemporary art, yet we must have all felt that primal urge to paint flowers at some point in our lives. Birthdays, weddings, hospital beds, and funerals. Their simple beauty accompanies us in celebration and in grief, and we are instinctively drawn to the familiarity of their petals.
Flowers have persisted throughout the history of art. From the lotus flowers of ancient Egypt to medieval tapestries, from Botticelli and Rachel Ruysch to O鈥橩eeffe and Warhol, they have been a reliable muse to those that felt the need to create. They have been painted, printed, sculpted, and carved, by the hands of toddlers and masters alike. They are as evocative as they are ubiquitous, and artists have painted flowers to symbolize life and death, beauty and filth, Madonna and whore.
This exhibition features several artists and their works, all paying homage to flowers. Paintings and sculptures, figurative and abstract, come together in a bouquet of styles to continue this age-old conversation.
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Flowers may seem too mundane to justify its continued existence in contemporary art, yet we must have all felt that primal urge to paint flowers at some point in our lives. Birthdays, weddings, hospital beds, and funerals. Their simple beauty accompanies us in celebration and in grief, and we are instinctively drawn to the familiarity of their petals.
Flowers have persisted throughout the history of art. From the lotus flowers of ancient Egypt to medieval tapestries, from Botticelli and Rachel Ruysch to O鈥橩eeffe and Warhol, they have been a reliable muse to those that felt the need to create. They have been painted, printed, sculpted, and carved, by the hands of toddlers and masters alike. They are as evocative as they are ubiquitous, and artists have painted flowers to symbolize life and death, beauty and filth, Madonna and whore.
This exhibition features several artists and their works, all paying homage to flowers. Paintings and sculptures, figurative and abstract, come together in a bouquet of styles to continue this age-old conversation.
Artists on show
- Andreas Blank
- Aneta Kajzer
- Armin Boehm
- Bernhard Martin
- Boris Saccone
- Catherine Anholt
- Christian Achenbach
- Corey Mason
- Dale Lewis
- Daniel Crews-Chubb
- Daniel Firman
- David Lehmann
- Fritz Bornstück
- Gorka Mohamed
- Gregor Hildebrandt
- Helena Parada-Kim
- Jaeho Jung
- Jaeyong Kim
- Jan-Ole Schiemann
- Jenny Brosinski
- Johnny Abrahams
- Jonas Burgert
- Jordy Kerwick
- Jukhee Kwon
- Lee Seahyun
- Lee Tae Soo
- Martin Strippelmann
- Matthew Stone
- Michael Sailstorfer
- Paul Schwer
- Philip Grözinger
- Pierre Knop
- Rachel Ruysch
- Ruprecht von Kaufmann
- Sascha Brylla
- Sebastian Gögel
- Sen Chung
- Stella Sujin
- Tobias Lehner
- Tom Anholt
- Ung-Pil Byen
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