Exhibition Catalogue from Petrichor at Kew Gardens 2023-24

Text by: Mat Collishaw, James Parry, with a foreword by Richard Deverell. 120 pp, 90 colour photographs. 280 x 240 mm. Paperback, ISBN 978184246805. Kew Publishing, 2023.

Petrichor is a celebration of the work of iconic artist Mat Collishaw at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, showcasing new commissions alongside existing works and drawing on an array of evocative imagery from the natural world. It also encompass sculptural installations, using a variety of pioneering techniques to explore the relationship between the natural world, art history, and how representations of nature in art can impact the way in which we see the world around us.

Highlights include the UK premier of Even to the End, a large-scale projected work that immerses viewers in a sequence inspired by the invention of the Wardian Case, The Centrifugal Soul, a zoetrope displaying bird courtship against a backdrop of blooming flowers and The Albion, an eerie spectre of an oak tree suspended between life and death.

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