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Friends on the East Coast. If you happen to be in Pennsylvania this week or visiting in the coming months, stop by the Brandywine River Museum of Art to see the Voynich Botanical Studies included in Natural Wonders, a group exhibition curated by Suzanne Ramljak. The exhibition boasts an impressive schedule of public programs and it remains on view through October 21.
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“In co-opting the aesthetics of nature, the artists in Natural Wonders reveal a shrewd understanding of nature’s various guises and permutations. Offering seductive encounters with natural phenomena, the works in this exhibition will encourage viewers to examine prevailing notions about the natural world and the impact of human intervention. These sublime evocations are at once a tribute and a warning, signaling both the wonders and dangers lurking beneath nature’s sumptuous façade.”
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detail from: Miljohn Ruperto & Ulrik Heltoft, ‘Voynich Botanical Studies, Specimen 02v Leto’, (2017), silver gelatin print on fiber-based paper, Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in (50.2 x 40 cm), Frame: 25 1/4 x 21 1/4 in (64.1 x 54 cm)
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Natural wonders never cease, but even the loveliest of exhibitions do. This marks the last week to see Miljohn Ruperto and Ulrik Heltoft’s work in Natural Wonders: Sublime Artifice in Contemporary Art at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. The exhibition explores the “neo-sublime,” whose awe stems from pairing the beautiful and the terrifying. The featured works encourage us to reflect on the fact that perhaps the greatest real danger in nature is the one posed by human interference. . “… not unlike nineteenth-century sublime landscapes of the Hudson River School or the Romantic era, these recent works conjure the raw power and unruliness of nature along with its harmonious effects—a state at once captivating and unsettling. Indeed, a menace can be found lurking within most of the work in Natural Wonders, and this danger often stems from human intervention. The supreme artifice demonstrated by the artists in this exhibition serves as enticing means to disturbing ends.” .
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Finally reunited! The two close allied artists @markdionstudio and @alexisrockman will have their first two-person exhibition, named “Journey to Nature’s Underwood” proposed by @amfedarts!
According to #amfedarts the exhibition will begin with a section evoking the fieldwork of pioneering naturalists and explorers, visitors will encounter field-station tableaux by Dion alongside Rockman’s paintings of fauna and dramatic terrains, often with cross-sectioned views. Ensuing works will address such themes as invasive and endangered species, beleaguered aquatic environments, anthropogenic landscapes, and future scenarios evincing effects of climate change and waning biodiversity. An exhibition highlight will be the debut of a grand sculptural diorama, titled American Landscape, marking an unprecedented collaboration between Dion and Rockman. This zoological group portrait, set on a golf course, will feature a cast of scrappy species that, according to the artists, successfully “exploit niches and opportunities genered by a human-transformed landscape” representing “the future global ecosystem.” In addition to a selection of drawings and prints by both artists, the exhibition will culminate in a Chamber of Wonders section, conceived as a flexible cabinet of curiosities!
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Curated by #SuzanneRamljak
/ Deux artistes américains majeurs @markdionstudio et @alexisrockman dont les œuvres traitent des thèmes de la nature, des sciences naturelles et des enjeux écologiques sont réunis pour la première fois dans une exposition commune, proposée par @amfedarts !
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Picture portrait of #alexisrockman by @dorothyspears
#markdion in the rainforest of Guyana by Bob Braine; New York; courtesy of Tanya Bonakdar Gallery @tanyabonakdargallery
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