blossfeldt’s big show
“What I enjoy about Karl Blossfeldt’s horticultural photographs is the way in which they encourage us to zoom in and out in terms of our associations: I know these are photographs of smallish things, but I start seeing architecture and monumental sculpture and giant wrought-iron constructions. Likewise, I think Blossfeldt’s images make us stop and stare, and marvel at what might otherwise go unnoticed or be somewhat taken for granted.
With these ideas in mind, I decided to play some scale-based games of my own, imagining a hushed gallery environment with visitors arrested and intrigued by the spectacle of these ordinary/extraordinary seed heads. Obviously, I’ve watched one too many science-fiction b-movies, because I’m also reminded of those moments in those lovely old black and white films when ordinary townsfolk first encounter strange other-wordly objects on their lawns…” August 2023
