This spring and summer, The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) presents a major site-specifc exhibition of sculptural and horticultural installations by visual artist Ebony G. Patterson. The exhibition is the result of a yearslong engagement with the Botanical Garden to explore its collections and settings. As the frst visual artist ever to embed within the institution for an immersive residency, Patterson worked directly with the Garden’s grounds and collections to form a new body of work that includes sculptures, installations, and interventions with living plants, bringing her unique perspective on formal gardens to life in the galleries and landscape of the Garden’s 250-acre National Historic Landmark site.
As the title suggests, …things come to thrive…in the shedding…in the molting… pivots on the tension of transitional states, exploring the idea of molting, shedding, and decay as revelatory processes with the potential to give way to healing, regeneration, and beauty. Forming both a sumptuous visual experience and an insightful societal critique, the exhibition celebrates and embraces the allure of the beautiful while contemplating what lies beneath the enticing surface, unearthing the complex tensions of the natural world and how they refect entanglements of race, gender, and colonialism.
NYBG
2900 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10458
Opens on Saturday, May 27th, 2023
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