Austin Young (Fallen Fruit), Temple of Flowers (Il Piccolo Paradiso), 2025.
Commissioned by Chiostro del Bramante for the exhibition Flowers.
Over 90 works from 10 countries show the myriad ways in which creatives are inspired by flowers.
Austin Young (Fallen Fruit), “Temple of Flowers (Il Piccolo Paradiso),” 2025. Commissioned by Chiostro del Bramante for the exhibition Flowers. (Courtesy Austin Young)
Ecological issues are also addressed, with bees and pollination incorporated into several pieces.
The beauty of flowers is universal, but their interpretation changes over time and space, De Marco shares.
This exhibition is an invitation to rediscover the evocative power of these extraordinary gifts of nature.
Rebecca Louise Law, “Calyx,” 2023, Dried flowers, copper wire, variable dimensions
Kehinde Wiley, “Portrait of a Florentine Nobleman III,” 2019, Oil on canvas, 144x114x10,5 cm (Courtesy the Artist and Collection Vilsmeier – Linhares, Munich and Stephen Friedman Gallery – London)
Jules-Aimée Dalou, “Eve,” 1866, Marble, 101x50x50cm, CC0, Paris Musées / Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
Studio Drift (Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta), “Meadow,” 2024, aluminum, stainless steel, printed fabric, LEDs, robotics, variable dimension
Installation view
Victor Freudemann, “Floral Splendor in the Light of the Greenhouse,” Oil on canvas, 151x173cm (Courtesy Sebastian Kempf, Muenchen and Florentine Biere, Lohr, Germany)
Installation view, details “Crafted by Bees,” Tomáš Libertíny with Rami Tareef and Dudi Mevorah curators of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Zadok Ben-David, “Blackfield,” 2008-2015, hand-painted stainless steel and sand, variable dimension (Courtesy Zadok Ben-David)
Austin Young (Fallen Fruit), “Temple of Flowers (Il Piccolo Paradiso),” 2025. Commissioned by Chiostro del Bramante for the exhibition Flowers. (Courtesy Austin Young)
