Exhibition Review by Dr. Suneel Mehmi. Images courtesy of the Saatchi Gallery with permission granted to reuse. An inspiration for the ages and a fount of creativity, flowers have been the originating force, subject and detail of the masterpieces of all cultures. A colossus of endeavour and love, the flower exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery …
In our latest review, Dr Suneel Mehmi praises an exhibition of porcelain art that blends Chinese and Western styles. The artist, inspired by nature, has created both monumental abstract pieces and smaller, more detailed works. Expressions in Blue – Monumental Porcelain by Felicity Aylieff Kew Gardens, London An astonishingly beautiful collaboration of Western art with …
Marc Quinn’s ‘Light into Life’ is an absolutely EPIC, erudite, educational, elevating, essential experience for the modern age. For lovers of plants and art, for lovers of the necessary transformation to set the world to rights, this exhibition is a must. As the climate crisis testifies, we are disconnected from nature. This alienation from the …
Acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest botanical gardens, and set against the eastern slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden has provided the title for the paintings of Gavin Jantjes known as the Kirstenbosch Series (2023). The gardens emphasise the cultivation of indigenous plants for all South Africans, so the implication …
Chris Ofili lives and works in Barbados and Trinidad. The photographed plant segments below are taken from his thrilling artworks currently on show at Victoria Miro, London.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) is well known for his architectural design and for being the UK’s main exponent of Art Nouveau. While he is also noted for enhancing those designs with flower motifs, he is perhaps less appreciated for his outright botanical art works. A new exhibition this summer may go some way towards revising …