BLOOM / WILT / BLOOM
curated by Michele Mack and Elga Wimmer
Exhibition: April 12 – May 5
Sculptures, Paintings, Photographs, Works on Paper, Prints, and Objects by Joseph Arthur,
Donald Baechler, Inma Barrero, Crash, Mark Demuro, Michael G. Enns, Sheva Fruitman, Heide
Hatry, Hilton Brothers, Alex Katz, Scott Kilgour, Jeff Koons, Carlos Rolon/Dzine, Donald
Sheridan, Jonathan Singer, Paul Solberg, Donald Sultan, and Andy Warhol.
Like the lily, that once was mistress of the field and flourish’d, I’ll hang my head and
perish. (Shakespeare, Henry VIII)
Flowers are a beautiful and powerful symbol of life across the ages, and when the petals fall
off the rose, or the lilies decay, they also have come to represent peace in the
afterlife—every civilization & culture in human history has derived different meanings from
different flowers, according to their mysterious rhythms. Perfumers who create scents make
sure there is a note of decay to startle the senses: always a reminder that where is birth,
there is death.
