Thursday, December 9, 2010

Homage to the Seed residency show at Herbarium, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha



The Herbarium at Mt Coot-tha was the setting for the December exhibition of the residency artwork in 'homage to the seed'.


ARTIST'S BOOK FOR SALE




The book contained material from across the year ... covering the role of the seed lab and the collaboration with Jason Halford from the lab.... as well as touching on various other aspects of public engagement carried out during the project. There was an overview on the ideas and passion behind the project going back many years and material was also included on the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity that  'homage to the seed' did in part respond to.  Journal pages as well as artworks were included in this book along with an essay written by Kevin Wilson, director of Artworkers Alliance (see end of post for essay).

The following piece is an overview of painting in 2010 during the residency written for the book.


OVERVIEW

fossil seeds




Eucalyptus seed capsule



seeds and pods of Leopard tree



fossil seeds






'and the world was made fruitful'





'and the world became bright'






'continuum'







'infinite'





'archaic, yet reverberating still I'



'archaic, yet reverberating still II'



'from the nothing the abundance'




Essay by Kevin Wilson on the exhibition:





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2 comments:

  1. xxxMarch 22, 2011 at 10:53 PM

    Sophie I would like to buy the book. How can I go about this?
    Can you please email me to let me know... thank you x Robyn

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  2. Sophie MunnsMarch 22, 2011 at 11:38 PM

    I just realised what a LONG post this is Robyn.... phew...
    of course will email and let you know... and thank you for your interest my friend across the continent!
    S x

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