Anna Chandler
Aren't I the Garden?
Steel, White cement
When I was brainstorming art in the garden, I knew I
wanted to put myself into the piece. I grew up tending my father’s giant garden
every summer and have always had a green thumb.
It frustrates me that we negatively interact with our environment, so given
this chance, I decided to do something positive. Aren’t I
the Garden brings me closer to becoming one with nature as we all will
become. The steel tree is made up of about 70 ten-foot round rods that branch
off with cement casts of my hands, some of which hold snapdragon flowers. To
make the hands I used skinwax to create castings of my hands and filled them
with cement. Both steel and cement are used in buildings, which smother nature.
I hope this piece will remind us of the beauty in the natural world that some
of us have forgotten and destroyed.
No comments:
Post a Comment