American Gothic

Artist Grant Wood painted American Gothic, one of the most famous modern American paintings, in 1930. While many people assume that the somber-looking man and woman are based on a real-life farmer and his wife, the iconic painting is actually a portrait of a unlikely duo: the artist’s younger sister, Nan Wood Graham, and dentist, Dr. Byron McKeeby. 

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Interwoven

EXERCISES IN ROOTSYSTEM DOMESTICATION


‘In my work I explore the relationship man has with his natural environment and his desire to control nature. For the past few years my fascination has mainly been focused on the dynamics of belowground plant parts. I’ve been captivated by the root system, with its hidden, underground processes; it is considered to be the brain of the plant by plant neurobiologists.

Charles Darwin was the first to watch the behaviour of plant roots. In his book The Power of Movements of Plants, he describes how roots do not passively grow down, but move and observe. A root navigates, knows what’s up and down, observes gravity and localizes moisture and chemicals. Darwin discovered that plants are a lot more intelligent, than everybody thought. For contemporary botanists, this buried matter is still a wondrous land. There is a global investigation to discover this hidden world. I also want to explore it and apply the ‘intelligence’ of plants in my work.’

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