floral vanitas set in black water roses and tulips as never seen before archive exhibition 'Death of the dream'

exhibition 'Death of the dream' 2017

and cosmological metaphor

By removing surface pigment and allowing purified water to occupy the capillaries of the petals

Dimensions: small cup sized at 8 x 9 cm

and contemplative

floral vanitas set in black water roses and tulips as never seen before archive exhibition 'Death of the dream'The Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,