Viriditas

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"Viriditas" is a curated exhibition highlighting six distinct creative voices celebrating nature, beauty, and bounty through the lens of floral imagery. Though the mediums may vary, the through line is that each artist explores a unique aspect of the floral subject, whether it be illustrative, decorative, narrative, abstracted or highly detailed representation. The show is in essence a documentation of how flowers adorn our landscape and show up in our every day lives. We experience blooms in nature but also in a manufactured way, whether it be in grocery store bouquets or living in a climate where many plants can thrive despite their distant countries of origin.
If anything, florals can speak to something universal, representing reproduction and growth, and the cycle of life including how existence can often be reciprocal or dependent on environments and other organisms. A garden is a great example of a system where various life forms are inextricably linked to one another and their environment for survival. This symbiosis makes florals a ripe subject matter, as they have been throughout art history, because we need symbols like this to speak of the ineffable; when we need something to stand for perseverance, or for hope, or for sadness. What better than a flower? “Viriditas” is an exhibition that brings together works of art that work in synchronicity much like elements of a bouquet, demonstrating the depths of human fascination with flowers and the beauty and wonder they bring to our lives.
"Viriditas" features the work of six Los Angeles area artists—Patrick Pipkin-Arnold, Gary Brewer, Caroline Carney, Macarena Luzi, Nicholas Naughton, and Lee Piechocki.
This show is curated by Nicholas Naughton.