red flowers being submerged in water at the decisive moment a photograph is captured archive carnation and tansy

carnation and tansy

where large-scale spaces were transformed into flooded working conditions

Provenance:exhibition 'A beautiful announcement of death' 2012

extending their symbolic language into a contemporary visual environment

red flowers being submerged in water at the decisive moment a photograph is captured archive carnation and tansyThe Dark Water series presents floral forms submerged within dense, light absorbing water, where visibility is reduced and form emerges slowly from shadow. Created through experimental underwater processes, the works explore the tension between beauty and obscurity, presence and concealment. Single botanical specimens and more complex floral constructions are isolated against dark fields, allowing petals, stems, and structures to appear suspended in a