Anya Gallaccio

Preserve 'Beauty' (1991-2003)
This art piece is made up of 2000 red gerbera daisies pressed against the wall by large transparent panels. It was designed to decay in the exhibition allowing the viewer to experience natures process of decay during the course of the exhibition

Because I could not stop (2000)
Organic and traditional sculptural materials are used together to create this art piece. Real apples hang off a bronze casting of an apple tree. Over the course of the exhibtion the apples will fall off the tree showing the passage of time.

Hey everyone, I am just home from holidays so this is my first blog. Some of the ideas that have been posted up so far look really interesting. The work above is from an artist (Anya Gallacio) that I have came across before and found interesting. She uses natural materials such as flowers, fruit, and grass in various pieces of her art work, often using them within more traditional sculptural materials.

Ive used her as an example as her work shows the natural cycle of growth and decay, her exhibition never stays the same and the viewer has a different experience each time they visit. I like the idea of nature and its natural cycle. The effect of decaying creates many different tectures and colours which could be adapted into art work, and i like the idea of creating a piece of art work that goes through a process and changes throughout the exhibition. I am going to investigate this area further and will post up anything else interesting I come across