Collinson's Rapture

Collinson_three silver oval frames black plants inside text strips

MGNH_gallery one_long view of room tables in center

MGNH_gallery one_empty cabinet drawers on floor mirror photograph

Collinson_black plants pinned text strips blue background

Collinson_black plant pinned text strips orange background

Growing_three iron tables chairs plants prints background

each section is 23" tall x 17" wide x 3" deep

2011-2012

wood, cast and fabricated bronze, inkjet prints, glass, pigments

Collinson's Rapture was inspired by study of 18th and 19th century collecting expeditions that resulted in the discovery of new plant species and the subsequent spread of these species around the world.

I’m interested in the narrative possibilities of combining text, similar to the text fragments seen in historical herbarium specimens, with constructed plants tied down in confined spaces.

To hear Martha Glowacki describe Collinson's Rapture, listen to this interview with Gianofer Fields and Sarah Carter:

https://chipstone.org/module.php/19/164/Wisconsin-Artist-Balances-Science-&-Art

history of natural history