pure white tulip specimen set in black water dramatic painterly effect butterfly + II artist proofs

+ II artist proofs

Dated 1996

the Floral Brand Icons form part of The Legacy Collection as records of a material-driven practice that confronts modern symbolism through fragility

Each piece is supplied with a stainless steel fixing

pure white tulip specimen set in black water dramatic painterly effect butterfly + II artist proofsThe Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,