Garden Archive…tres bien!!
If you love your garden (or your neighbors garden) and are in Maine anytime between now and July 13th you must check out Garden Archive at the George Marshall Store Gallery in York, Maine. (literally minutes off I-95)
This is an exhibition curated by artist Gail Spaien. She has installed just a slightly trimmed down version of her piece Garden Archive which was recently exhibited as part of the exhibition New Natural History on view at the Portland Museum of Art earlier this year. She has installed an imagined and most decadent botanical archive that includes her scientific watercolor illustrations and preserved flowers. Along with Archive she has invited area artists, flower arrangers and landscape designers to make work in response to their own gardens. Every week three new artists will install their work. My work will be sited the week of June 20- 27- I will be sure to post images of the work i generate.
garden archive installation
garden archive detail
garden archive plate
June 14th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Thank you for the posting about “Garden Archive.” I enjoy listening to people as they enter the space. Gail’s installation is breathtaking and the “guest” archivists are creating fascinating installations as well. Comments from visitors include “beautiful” - “peaceful” - “inspirational”
The “guest” archivists for this week are Cynthia Hosmer from York, Katarina Weslien from Portland and Lorna Perry from Kittery Point. We look forward to your installation the week on June 20th. Many thanks.
Mary Harding, Curator. George Marshall Store Gallery.