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A leaf on the family tree

January 24th, 2007 at 01:03am cicada

Study for Transmission no. 3
Binh Danh, 2006
leaf preserved in resin
Haines Gallery

A timely post from Sciencesque identifies two artists, the late Axel Erlandson and Binh Danh, whose medium is living plant material.

Binh Danh’s leaf prints are direct conceptual descendents of Anna Atkins’ photograms, but rely on the living leaf’s natural pigmentation process to “fix” the image. I like the way his work nests human geneology inside plant geneology - Study for Transmission no. 3 is like a branch from a living family tree.

Via Sciencesque from easternblot.net from Complex medium. (Don’t you love how blog posts form little geneologies too?)

Entry Filed under: Photography, Artists & Art, Biology

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