| Julie
Verhoeven |
| Saint
James's in Bloom |
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| ©
Julie Verhoeven, Saint James's in Bloom (details and
Plaza installation view), 2006 |
| photographer:
Matt Blaney |
| 19
July - 15 September 2006 |
| "There
is no art that can be created by man. Art is but a seed, a
bud, a bloom!" |
| James
MacLeish Munroe, court gardener to Queen Anne, 1726. |
| Roadside
flower beds spelling out a welcome to England's seaside towns
are the inspiration for Julie Verhoeven's “Saint James's In
Bloom”, a collaboration between The
Economist, the Contemporary Art Society and Riflemaker for
summer 2006. |
| Drawing
inspiration from England's rich and eccentric gardening
heritage, the installation transforms the formal setting of The Economist’s plaza into a “floral wonderland...like a
charming English folly of a ruin. A curiosity, rich in detail
and fragrant in mood.” |
| Brutalist
columns metamorphose into trees laced with jewel-like mosaics
and drawings, balancing willowy watering cans and sprouting
Barbarella daffodils. A psychedelic rainbow becomes the
proscenium arch of a unique arboreal scene
with both familiar and unfamiliar motifs. “Saint
James's In Bloom” continues along the lines of botanic
themes explored in Julie's recent exhibition at Deitch
Projects in New York this spring. |
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|
click
here to download press release (pdf format) |
| For more information on Julie Verhoeven and her sequel September
exhibition at Riflemaker go to www.riflemaker.org |
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