Green Currency - Preview

Media-Only Preview of "Green Currency: Plants in the Economy" A Botanical Art Exhibition

The public site at http://www.asbagreencurrency.blogspot.com/ will begin posting artwork from the exhibition after the show opens on April 20, 2011 and continue posting new work every two to three days throughout the run of the show ending July 31, 2011.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Sweet Corn

Zea mays
Watercolor on vellum
by Karen Kluglein

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Labels: art, botanical, contemporary, economic botany, exhibition, painting

Cotton

Gossypium herbaceum
Watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"
by Esther Klahne

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Pomegranate

Punica granatum
Watercolor on paper, 11" x 16"
by Akiko Enokido

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Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea, Digitalis lutea
Watercolor on paper, 11" x 20"
by Milly Acharya

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American Society of Botanical Artists

The ASBA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting public awareness of contemporary botanical art, to honoring its traditions, and to furthering its development.

The New York Botanical Garden

The New York Botanical Garden is a museum of plants, an educational institution, and a scientific research organization. Founded in 1891 and now a National Historic Landmark, it is one of the greatest botanical gardens in the world and the largest in any city in the United States, distinguished by the beauty of its diverse landscape and extensive collections and gardens, as well as by the scope and excellence of its programs in horticulture, education, and science.

The Exhibition

Green Currency: Plants in the Economy This international juried exhibition features original artwork depicting plants of economic significance. Forty-three pieces illustrating botanical specimens used for medicine, food, clothing and shelter are included by artists representing 14 states and 8 countries. To receive emails of artworks and other news from the exhibition, please subscribe to this blog using the form below.

The Venue

New York Botanical Garden Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road Bronx, NY 10458

Phone: 718.817.8700

Catalog

A book is being published to accompany the exhibition, available in April from the Shop in the Garden http://www.nybgshop.org/

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Jody Williams: I am fascinated by the beauty, variety and intricacy of the botanical world. The colors, shapes, and patterns of flowers, leaves, and fruit have inspired artists and crafts people thoughout the ages and continue to inspire me. As a self-taught artist, photographer, designer and gardener, my favorite subjects are the ones that grow around me in nature or in one of my garden plots. Collecting and reading books about art and design, color theory and botanical illustration are favorite pastimes.

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Sweet Corn

Cotton

Pomegranate

Foxglove