Think of flowers and you think of beauty, of romance… and, especially if they are painted flowers, of death: ever since its Dutch 17th century heyday, the Vanitas tradition has been using the transitory nature of flowers to stand in for how all of us will die. But enough of that: ‘Say It With Flowers’ sees a dozen artists tackle other subjects through flowers: sex, fertility, menopause, economics, culture, shyness, ageing, darkness… Then there’s the matter of east meets west, and a link to Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging.
Featuring artists: John Peter Askew, Ingrid Berthon-Moine, Gordon Cheung, Tania Kovats, Sophie Layton, Sarah Lederman, Lana Locke, William Mackrell, Hannah Maybank, Jiro Osuga, Rebecca Partridge, Tomoko Yoneda.
Curated by Paul Carey-Kent and Yuki Miyake
Say It With Flowers, 6th November – 26th January 2024, White Conduit Projects
Art Opening: 6th Nov 6PM – 8:30PM
