{"id":36608,"date":"2013-05-09T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=36608"},"modified":"2013-05-09T09:49:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T13:49:00","slug":"four-seasons-all-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/05\/exhibit-news\/four-seasons-all-at-once\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Seasons, All at Once"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Four-Seasons-7.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"36713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/05\/exhibit-news\/four-seasons-all-at-once\/attachment\/four-seasons-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Four-Seasons-7.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2254\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1367846839&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;56&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Four Seasons\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Four-Seasons-7-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Four-Seasons-7-681x1024.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-36713\" alt=\"Four Seasons\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Four-Seasons-7-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Four-Seasons-7-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Four-Seasons-7-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Four-Seasons-7.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/em>If our <a title=\"Manolo Vald\u00e9s: Monumental Sculpture\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/exhibitions\/2013\/valdes\/index.php\">current exhibition<\/a> isn&#8217;t evidence enough, we&#8217;re a little sculpture crazy. From inspirational maquettes to full-sized foundry monoliths, exploring and expounding on the efforts of great artists are just two of the things we can&#8217;t help but indulge in. And now, with <a title=\"Wild Medicine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/exhibitions\/2013\/wild-medicine\/index.php\"><em>Wild Medicine: Healing Plants Around the World<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>rounding the bend for its May 18 opening, I think the time is about right to introduce the work of our latest visiting sculptor: Philip Haas.<\/p>\n<p>From the beginning of the style in 16th-century Italy to Haas&#8217; modern-day interpretations, the edible motif of <a title=\"Wild Medicine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/exhibitions\/2013\/wild-medicine\/index.php\"><em>Four Seasons<\/em><\/a> has certainly established its historic foundations. But in three dimensions, these 15-foot-tall statues break from the tradition of <a title=\"Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo\">Giuseppe Arcimboldo<\/a>&#8216;s original paintings to provide an entirely novel experience.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIt takes a talented eye to see a mouth in a bushel of stone fruit, or a cheek&#8217;s outline in the curve of a cucumber, but Haas&#8217; knack for creating these &#8220;living seasons&#8221; makes so much sense when you view his sculptures in person. And that&#8217;s something you&#8217;ll have an opportunity to do beginning this May in the <a title=\"Enid A. Haupt Conservatory\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/gardens\/conservatory\/\">Enid A. Haupt Conservatory<\/a> Courtyard. In the meantime, Ivo was present for the beginning of the installation, just to give you an idea of the breadth and scope of these near-organic masterpieces&#8211;<em>Spring, Summer, <\/em><em>Fall,<\/em> and <em>Winter<\/em>.<\/p>\n[Not a valid template]\n<p><em>Four Seasons<\/em> is on display from May 18 through October 27, running alongside <em>Wild Medicine <\/em>and on into early fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 15 feet high and cracking the occasional smile, these aren&#8217;t your average fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[3246,26,3097,4716,80,3096],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-9ws","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36608"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36728,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36608\/revisions\/36728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}