"The Language of Flowers" Exhibition
CRG Gallery
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Georges Bataille’s essay, The Language of Flowers¹, on the symbolic nature of the flower is a revealing text wherein Bataille draws parallels between the anatomy of the flower and the human body as well as his interpretation of the nature of seduction, beauty, love, and death as understood through the flower’s physical and historically condensed characteristics.
This exhibition takes Bataille’s essay as a starting point and aperture through which we can focus on different artists that have incorporated the flower into their work in various forms. The exhibition investigates a range of different works from such artists as Robert Beck, Louise Bourgeoise, Pia Fries, Ori Gersht, Jim Hodges, Butt Johnson, Yayoi Kusama, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Andy Warhol.
Media
Schedule
from January 09, 2010 to February 13, 2010
Artist(s)
Robert Beck, Louise Bourgeoise, Pia Fries, Ori Gersht, Jim Hodges, Butt Johnson, Yayoi Kusama, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol et al.