Artist Rebecca Louise Law is known for her vast installations comprised of cut flowers. Galleries and private patrons have commissioned the in-demand Brit to fill their spaces with up to 150,000 flowers, which gradually decompose before drying out.
Artist Rebecca Louise Law is known for her vast installations comprised of cut flowers. Galleries and private patrons have commissioned the in-demand Brit to fill their spaces with up to 150,000 flowers, which gradually decompose before drying out.
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"The Beauty of Decay" at the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chandrangallery.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Chandran Gallery</a> in San Francisco marks Law's first solo gallery exhibition in the United States. It features 8,000 locally grown flowers, including the city's official flower the dahlia, and plenty of gerberas, an homage to San Francisco's hippie past.
"The Beauty of Decay" at the Chandran Gallery in San Francisco marks Law's first solo gallery exhibition in the United States. It features 8,000 locally grown flowers, including the city's official flower the dahlia, and plenty of gerberas, an homage to San Francisco's hippie past.
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Law, who comes from a family of gardeners, began as a oil painter. An admirer of Kandinsky and Rothko and their use of color, she created abstract works depicting flower details. However, by 2003 she'd become frustrated with the medium's limitations, and sought to capture nature in three dimensions.
Law, who comes from a family of gardeners, began as a oil painter. An admirer of Kandinsky and Rothko and their use of color, she created abstract works depicting flower details. However, by 2003 she'd become frustrated with the medium's limitations, and sought to capture nature in three dimensions.
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Waste is not an option for the artist, who requests that flowers from old installations be turned into smaller works encased in glass, hung in bunches, or returned to her to be incorporated in new works.
Waste is not an option for the artist, who requests that flowers from old installations be turned into smaller works encased in glass, hung in bunches, or returned to her to be incorporated in new works.
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Law says that by only using cultivated flowers grown near the site of her installations, she gets a great insight into the trends and fads of the flower industry -- largely dictated by the buying trends of everyday consumers.
Law says that by only using cultivated flowers grown near the site of her installations, she gets a great insight into the trends and fads of the flower industry -- largely dictated by the buying trends of everyday consumers.
Nicola Tree
"The City Garden" (2016) in London uses flowers from the area's public gardens and green spaces and transports it into a sterile, blank interior.
"The City Garden" (2016) in London uses flowers from the area's public gardens and green spaces and transports it into a sterile, blank interior.
Agnese Sanvito
In Times Square, Law hung 16,000 flowers that gradually dried above visitors. Over the years she has developed techniques to best preserve her flowers, consulting with experts at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
In Times Square, Law hung 16,000 flowers that gradually dried above visitors. Over the years she has developed techniques to best preserve her flowers, consulting with experts at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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She describes her medium as "ephemeral and a challenge," but ultimately "it's about having a space to appreciate the natural beauty we're given on this earth."
She describes her medium as "ephemeral and a challenge," but ultimately "it's about having a space to appreciate the natural beauty we're given on this earth."
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