CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUŞI – BRÂNCUŞI’S FLOWERS
2019-06-17Brâncuşi’s Flowers offers an unprecedented opportunity to view eight of the sixteen known images on the subject matter. Each photographed and printed by the artist in his darkroom during the 1920s and 1930s, these still lifes, or “nature’s readymades”, served dual purposes for the artist. Firstly, they were created as gifts for friends and lovers serving as lasting objects of his affection, in contrast with the flowers themselves destined for decay. Secondly, they were a further extension of Brancusi’s explorations into photography, fixing flora and fauna at the pinnacle of their sculptural beauty. Brâncuşi’ Flowers highlights a chapter within his concise oeuvre that is singular in its focus on a subject matter outside of the artist’s own making.
Opposite – Lily, c. 1925
Exhibition runs through to June 29th, 2019
Bruce Silverstein Gallery
529 West 20th Street
New York
10011 NY
