Tanjou – A Sculpture of Rebirth at The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Exhibitions, Exhibitions, Kiku, Video on October 5th, 2011 by Rustin Dwyer – Be the first to comment
Tropical Storm Irene and her friend Lee certainly left their mark across the northeast. They left a trail of downed trees, broken limbs, and leaves pretty much everywhere. Not only did it give the arborists and horticulturalists here at NYBG plenty of work, but it also provided a unique situation for a commissioned sculpture in the Palm Dome of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Internationally renowned installation artist Tetsunori Kawana–no stranger to working with natural materials–got the chance to try something new, recycling what would ultimately end up as compost or mulch into a sculpture, a “rebirth.”
See a documentary detailing Kawana’s process in creating Tanjou below.