This past weekend, I attended Art in Bloom, a three-day
celebration featuring exotic and imaginative floral interpretations of select
work from the High Museum of Art's permanent collection. The participating florists' floral
interpretations were presented alongside the art.
Art in Bloom
provided visitors an exciting and botanical way to experience the permanent
collection.
Below are highlights of the exhibit:
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| Barbara Crank chose Gerhard Richter's Abstract Painting (849-2), 1997. |
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| Lynn Hirsch's Blooms with a View was presented with Alex Katz's Meadow, 1997. |
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| Zeb Grant of Z. Grant Floral Designs selected Alex Katz' Winter Landscape, 2007. |
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| Maidee Spencer of Sandy Springs Garden Club was inspired by Brush's Shadow, 1981 by Elizabeth Murray. |
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| Buckhead Bloom's Lisa Way selected Anish Kapoor's Untitled. |
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| Ruth F. Claiborne was inspired by Liynda Benglis' Merak, circa 1990. |
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| Sayaka Kobayashi's floral interpretation of Mary Heillman's Interior. |
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| Bloom Atlanta's Katie Benson was inspired by Anselm Kiefer's Dragon (Drache), 2001. |
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Amberly Odom of Wrennwood Designs chose was Julie Mehretu's
Mogamma (A Painting in Four Parts): Part 2, 2012 |
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Elise Drake and Elizabeth Hale of the Cherokee Garden Club selected
Romare Bearden's Pepper Jelly Lady, 1980
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Part 2 - Elise Drake and Elizabeth Hale of the Cherokee Garden Club selected
Romare Bearden's Pepper Jelly Lady, 1980
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Gina H. Kuykendall of A Creole Affair Garden Club of GA was inspired by
Fred Wilson's Chandelier Mori: Speak of Me as I Am, 2003. |
Where's the selected artwork? Well, you must visit "The High" to see it! The High
Museum of Art is the leading art museum in the Southeastern U.S. With more than
13,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High has an extensive
anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American and decorative art; significant
holdings of European paintings; a growing collection of African American art;
and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and
African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting works by
Southern artists. For more information visit www.high.org.
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