Strange Plants III

11.07.2018 | Art , Blog | BY:

Dedicated to plants in contemporary art, the latest of the Strange Plants series celebrates the diverse range of flowers, succulents and foliage and examines their power within the creative space. From large-scale paintings to granular photographs, the book captures the nuances and weirdness of the natural world.

Divided into themes, the 164 page book encompasses the work of 50 artists, across a range of media. Each section examines a different aspect of how plants inspire or function in contemporary art. Featured artists include Caitlin Keogh, Chloe Wise, Robin F. Williams, Louise Bonnet, Marius Bercea and the photography duo Synchrodogs.

This most recent release in the award-winning series also features a special section dedicated to the late photographer Ren Hang. Hang’s images of his friends floating in lily-pad filled ponds were a highlight of the previous book. “Regrowth”– section of Strange Plants III – is “a modest attempt to pay tribute to his life and art.”

Published by independent publisher zioxla, Strange Plants III is an ongoing tribute to, and meditation on,  the harmony, inspiration and provocation that plant life offers artists in the modern world.

Cacti, Strange Plants III

Strange Plants III

Strange Plants III

Synchrodogs, Strange Plants III

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PLANTS — Polly Brown

21.07.2014 | Culture | BY:

After two years of tireless hunting, London-based artist Polly Brown is releasing PLANTS. The new photographic monograph gives us a glimspe into the homes of the world’s most iconic brands, starting with their office foliage.

PLANTS is a casebound 120-page volume that celebrates nature, even in the most man-made of environments. According to Brown, “Pot(ted) plants are natural yet cultivated, a hybrid of our existence, at one in nature and yet outside it. I was interested in how the isolated desk plant became a totem to our biophilic desires. In every corporate head office and manmade workplace, a reminder of our own innate connection to the natural. VIVIENNE WESTWOOD becomes a splayed palm; GOOGLE a tidy shop bought orchid; the BBC a twisted stalked rubber plant. In their humble way, these plants seemed to contain a great expansiveness, an imaginative weight contrary to their immediate simplicity.”

Designed and edited by Brooklyn based independent publisher PAU WAU PUBLICATIONS, PLANTS features a foreword from THE EDEN PROJECT founder Sir Tim Smit. Expect an insight into Vogue,
 The New Yorker, Celine,
 Google,
 Paul Smith, Disney, Microsoft,
 The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Playboy, 
Acne,
 Moët
 and many more. Buy a copy at pauwau.bigcartel.com

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