The beauty of nature. Always a source of inspiration for artists.So is the case for Anya Gallaccio, a London based performer who made an XXL bed of roses, 10.000 to be precise.
The Life and Death of 10 000 Roses is the theme of the installation « Red on Green ». Gallaccio pulled the heads off of the roses and arranged them into a tightly packed rectangle. Enjoy these fantastic images of these roses fade away, transform and get even more beautifull.
A core aspect of Gallaccio’s work is change and transformation. Both the ephemerality and site-specificity of all her work make’s it notoriously difficult to document. She has said before that her work is both a performance and a collaboration due to the unpredictable nature of the material she works with.
Her installations often change over the course of time, and they not only engage the viewer visually, but can also act on the other senses such as smell and hearing.
Past projects have included arranging a ton of oranges on a floor, placing a thirty-two ton block of ice in a boiler room, and painting a wall with chocolate. The nature of these materials results in natural processes of transformation and decay.
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