afterAmbrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573-1621) Five Tulips in a Wan-Li Vase, 1619 oil on wood 49 × 37 cm | 19 5/16 × 14 9/16 in Private collection Five...
after Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573-1621) Five Tulips in a Wan-Li Vase, 1619 oil on wood 49 × 37 cm | 19 5/16 × 14 9/16 in Private collection
Five different varieties of organic tulips were filmed continuously over a period of 6 days and left to decay naturally. This footage was edited so the periods of inactivity were speeded up and any real-time movement kept in real time. The finished piece is a 32-minute looped film
2022 The Collection of Juan Manuel Grasset, Exceptional Still Lifes and Landscapes from the ‘Golden Age’ of Dutch and Flemish Art, Sotheby's, London 2020 Transforming, 37 Bathurst Mews, London 2019 Transformer, Hotel Londra Palace, Venice 2018 Transforming Film Works, Masterpiece, London Transforming Film Works, TEFAF, Maastricht 2017 Turkish Tulips, curated by Gavin Turk, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam