Art in Bloom at the High Museum of Art

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:

Barbara Crank chose Gerhard Richter's Abstract Painting (849-2), 1997.

Lynn Hirsch's Blooms with a View was presented with Alex Katz's Meadow, 1997. 

Zeb Grant of Z. Grant Floral Designs selected Alex Katz' Winter Landscape, 2007.

Maidee Spencer of Sandy Springs Garden Club was inspired by Brush's Shadow, 1981 by Elizabeth Murray.

 

Buckhead Bloom's Lisa Way selected Anish Kapoor's  Untitled.

Ruth F. Claiborne was inspired by Liynda Benglis' Merak, circa 1990.

Sayaka Kobayashi's floral interpretation of  Mary Heillman's Interior.

Bloom Atlanta's Katie Benson was inspired by Anselm Kiefer's Dragon (Drache), 2001.

Amberly Odom of Wrennwood Designs chose was Julie Mehretu's
Mogamma (A Painting in Four Parts): Part 2, 2012

Elise Drake and Elizabeth Hale of the Cherokee Garden Club selected

 Romare Bearden's Pepper Jelly Lady, 1980

Part 2 - Elise Drake and Elizabeth Hale of the Cherokee Garden Club selected

 Romare Bearden's Pepper Jelly Lady, 1980

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.