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And this...

12/9/2013

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Just came across this artist, and have to post:

Larry Bamburg
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Aloe Vera

12/25/2012

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The progeny of my plant that died...  Sealed in a plexi box.

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Goodbye, little plants

12/25/2012

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They sprouted, grew, and got infested with flies.  I had to put them outside where they will eventually die.
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See them grow!

11/9/2012

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Gotta try this.

10/15/2012

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Chlorophyll photo printing... Binh Danh puts negatives on plants and exposes them to light for weeks or months. Link to his website:
http://binhdanh.com/Projects/Life/Life.html

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More Inspiration...

10/13/2012

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Phil Ross

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http://philross.org/#projects/mycotecture/

Klara Liden

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Pretty Vacant

Mark Dion

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PHOTO | Mark Dion, Neukom Vivarium, 2006. Courtesy the Seattle Art Museum.

VIDEO | Producer: Susan Sollins & Nick Ravich. Camera: John Gordon Hill. Sound: Charles Tomaras. Editor: Steven 


Andy Goldsworthy

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http://www.ucblueash.edu/artcomm/web/w2005_2006/maria_Goldsworthy/TEST/index.html

Shane Cooper, Feed

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image: copyright 2006 simon jung
For more info:  Feed, A garden raised by TV

David Benque, Acoustic Botany

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For more info (I don't think I could explain it well enough!):  http://www.davidbenque.com/projects/acoustic-botany

Petah Coyne

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Untitled #1336 (Scalapino Nu Shu)
2009-10

 
Apple tree, taxidermy Black Melanistic Pheasants, taxidermy Blue India Peacocks, taxidermy Black Shouldered Peacocks, taxidermy Spaulding Peacocks, taxidermy black squirrel, black sand from pig-iron casting, Acrylex 234, black paint, cement, chicken-wire fencing, wood, gravel, sisal, staging rope, cotton rope, insulated foam sealant, pipe, epoxy. threaded rod, wire, screws, jaw-to-jaw swivels.
 
Overall dimensions:
158 x 247 1/2 x 245 in. (401.3 x 628.7 x 622.3 cm)
 
Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
 
Photograph: Elisabeth Bernstein

www.petahcoyne.org

Kohei Nawa, Pixcell Deer #24

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For more info:
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/60051566?img=3
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Gathering and Playing with Materials:

9/24/2012

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Large branches fell off trees during a storm, and I got these awesome bits.  I also dug up plants from my garden... I'm still in the "play" stage.

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My aloe tree that was infested with carpenter ants and removed from my studio.  Oh well, will have to think of something else...

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Early Bio-Artists

9/24/2012

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Alexander Fleming, 1933

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Well before Fleming discovered penicillin, he painted with living microbes.  To read more:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Painting-With-Penicillin-Alexander-Flemings-Germ-Art.html

Edward Steichen, 1936

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Steichen was a photographer, painter, curator, and plant breeder.  In 1936, MOMA exhibited his delphiniums for one week.  To read more:  http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2011/03/08/edward-steichen-archive-delphiniums-blue-and-white-and-pink-too/


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Artists

9/4/2012

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Azumo Makoto

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http://azumamakoto.com/

Paula Hayes

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http://www.paulahayes.com/

David Nash

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http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/david-nash/index.htm








Image from: http://contemporaryartetc.com/2011/02/19/art-e-facts-83-david-nash/

Shen Shaomin

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http://www.shenshaomin.com/

Allison Kudla

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http://allisonx.com/

Doug Aitkin

http://www.dougaitkenworkshop.com/work/text-sculpture/

Christo and Jean-Claud

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Wrapped Trees Project

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Definition

9/4/2012

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BioArt is an art practice where humans work with live tissues, bacteria, living organisms, and life processes. 
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioArt
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    • "I have come to my garden"/Scrolls
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