Block flowers
(2023)
from the A Chaotic Garden project 2023
- Medium
- flowers, resin
- Measurements
- (330.0 × 970.0 × 970.0 cm) (variable) (installation)
- Place/s of Execution
- (Japan)
- Department
- Contemporary Design and Architecture
- Credit Line
- Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased with funds donated by Bagôt Gjergja Foundation, Andrew Penn AO and Kallie Blauhorn, Michael Buxton AM and Janet Buxton, Paul and Samantha Cross, Anthony and Clare Cross, Cameron Oxley and Bronwyn Ross, and Woods5 Foundation, 2024
© Azuma Makoto - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Defying the biological lifecycle of flowers and plants, the 130 resin-cast flowers in A Chaotic Garden reflect the existential urge to conserve beauty and resist decay. Held in an ambiguous state somewhere between life and death, Makoto’s Block flowers suspend biological specimens in time. Pausing the lifecycle of the flowers at the peak of their visual splendour, this work allows us to appreciate the beauty of each species and contemplate the competing values of immortality and temporality.