Of Orchids and Wasps
Of Orchids and Wasps presents works by Alexander Carver, Ta铆na Cruz, Brett Ginsburg, Birke Gorm, Ursula Schulze-Bluhm and Rosario Zorraqu铆n that explore various perceptions of materiality, spirituality and technology, the entanglement of the mechanical and the natural, transcending and frolicking, labor and humor. By creating a web of content, each position links to the others in a subtle complexity, allowing for a multiplicity of approaches and entry points. The works form tangible material narratives that hold equal significance as artistic discourse and exhibition making.
One of Brett Ginsburg鈥檚 conceptual curiosities is entomology, and the influence that evolutionary biology has on the development of technology. Ginsburg鈥檚 paintings reject a binary classification of the natural world and machinery as polarizing entities, instead emphasizing their enmeshment. Single Surface Code, 2023 can be read as a cryptic mix of machinery and the biological impetus which has informed industrial development. Although the polished and refined surfaces of Brett Ginsburg's paintings, which are, contrary to their appearance, hand painted, may conflict with Birke Gorm's use of organic materials, their works are complementary explorations of industrialized labor. While Ginsburg approaches the subject matter from a technical and mechanical standpoint, Gorm's employment of natural material offers a similar artistic examination of the same theme. The adjacency of the works in space divulge and reinforce the industrial application of these materials鈥� IOU, 2021 and I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no.11 (The Pagan Woman), 2022 by Birke Gorm appears folkloric and mischievous, yet simultaneously refer to an era in which its materials, jute, wood and burlap, had an industrial application.
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Of Orchids and Wasps presents works by Alexander Carver, Ta铆na Cruz, Brett Ginsburg, Birke Gorm, Ursula Schulze-Bluhm and Rosario Zorraqu铆n that explore various perceptions of materiality, spirituality and technology, the entanglement of the mechanical and the natural, transcending and frolicking, labor and humor. By creating a web of content, each position links to the others in a subtle complexity, allowing for a multiplicity of approaches and entry points. The works form tangible material narratives that hold equal significance as artistic discourse and exhibition making.
One of Brett Ginsburg鈥檚 conceptual curiosities is entomology, and the influence that evolutionary biology has on the development of technology. Ginsburg鈥檚 paintings reject a binary classification of the natural world and machinery as polarizing entities, instead emphasizing their enmeshment. Single Surface Code, 2023 can be read as a cryptic mix of machinery and the biological impetus which has informed industrial development. Although the polished and refined surfaces of Brett Ginsburg's paintings, which are, contrary to their appearance, hand painted, may conflict with Birke Gorm's use of organic materials, their works are complementary explorations of industrialized labor. While Ginsburg approaches the subject matter from a technical and mechanical standpoint, Gorm's employment of natural material offers a similar artistic examination of the same theme. The adjacency of the works in space divulge and reinforce the industrial application of these materials鈥� IOU, 2021 and I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no.11 (The Pagan Woman), 2022 by Birke Gorm appears folkloric and mischievous, yet simultaneously refer to an era in which its materials, jute, wood and burlap, had an industrial application.
