Chiaozza
BROOKLYN, NY (BY WAY OF FLORIDA)
All Golden Fan Palm
(from The Cartoon Plant Sculptures series–2017)
Acrylic, Gold Leaf, Granular Gel, and Rubber Tubing on Paper Pulp and Plaster with Painted Concrete Base
9" x 8"x14" – $1,200
Contact to purchase.
The Cartoon Plant Sculptures are a series of objects imagined as 3-dimensional manifestations of imaginary plants within a non-existent two-dimensional cartoon landscape, like an illustration in the round. Imagine Garfield’s Jim Davis as a sculptor; maybe these are Garfield’s caregiver Jon’s plants.
With this series we are also nodding to Italian artist and theorist Leo Lionni and his notion of a Parallel Botany; that which exists yet cannot be seen. This series continues our exploration in giving a visual voice to imaginary substance. Golden Fan Palm specifically fantazies about the flora of a more tropical climate like Florida.
