Exhibition
Alexandra Haeseker: The Botanist’s Daughter
17 Jan 2020 – 22 Mar 2020
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Address
- 1 Dundee Street
- Edinburgh
Scotland - EH3 9FP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bus routes next to Edinburgh Printmakers - 1, 34, 35, 300 Skylink. Bus Routes near Edinburgh Printmakers - 22, 30, X25, X27, X28, X44.
- Haymarket Station - 12 minute walk away. Edinburgh Waverley - 30 minute walk away.
An installation of new contemporary print works by Canadian artist Alexandra Haeseker, drawing inspiration from the rich and bountiful resources of hand-pulled engravings found in Museum and Library collections, illustrating botanical and entomological themes.
About
The Botanist’s Daughter subverts relationships of scale between the viewer and the plants and insects represented in the exhibition, encouraging us to develop a new paradigm in relating to the natural world, by considering more fully what is often invisible to our eyes, and below our feet.
Haeseker invites us to reflect upon how small changes made to the atmosphere and environment can have drastic and irreversible consequences for ecosystems, highlighting the fragility of the natural world, which is jeopardising the future of our planet and species.
