NYAB Event - Ann Tarantino “Full Bloom”

Ann Tarantino “Full Bloom”

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Steinhardt Gallery

This event has ended.

Taking inspiration from flowers and vegetables grown by BBG’s youngest gardeners since 1914, Ann Tarantino uses carrots, beets, radishes, and sunflowers as a point of departure for her intricate cut paper works celebrating the centennial of BBG’s Children’s Garden.

The artist begins by hand-drawing images of plant forms, roots, and cellular structures, which are then digitally transformed by a laser cutter. Light streams through the cut images, lending a stained-glass effect to the skylights, windows, and walls of the gallery. As the light changes throughout the day, intricate shadows play across the space, creating a spatial and sensory experience that speaks to history, memory, growth, and regeneration.

[Image: Growth Chart, 2014. Laser-cut paper and acrylic on existing windows, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist.]

Media

• Drawing
• Other

ADVERTISE ON NYAB