It’s hard to believe, but Raseier picked 2,000 dandelions for this ethereal art exhibit, which was shown at the ArToll Summer Lab 2011. Once they were transported to the lab, each one was individually plugged into a white board, which was subsequently hung at the top of the ceiling. The artist has transformed something that is completely transient in nature into a semi-permanent work of art. In so doing, she has created a sort of timeless indoor meadow full of these wispy plants that seem to descend straight from the heavens.
+ Rageine Ramseier
+ ArToll 2011
Via Lustik, This is Colossal
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Anyone who has ever picked up a dandelion knows how hard it is to keep the fluffy pieces from flying away, which is what makes Regine Raseier’s breathtaking art exhibit so impressive. The artist gently plucked 2,000 dandelions from a nearby meadow and a
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Regina Ramseier is a German artist.
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She wanted to feature the transient dandelion in a semi-permanent art exhibit.
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The artist painstakingly picked 2,000 dandelions from a nearby field.
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These were then sprayed with a light adhesive in order to keep them intact.
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The dandelions were transported to the ArToll laboratory in special crates.
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At the gallery, Ramseier plugged each individual dandelion into a white board.
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The board was then stuck to the ceiling.
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The dandelions then hang upside down.
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Light from a nearby window dances over the plants
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The green space outside the exhibit brings meadows to mind.
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Thousands of dandelions standing up in rows.
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The piece invokes the memory plucking a dandelion – only to see the fluffy parts whisked away by the wind.
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