* a series of successive 7 varieties.This set of shots starts with the process of creating the setting which is... Read More
* a series of successive 7 varieties.
This set of shots starts with the process of creating the setting which is not normally shown. Then after the setting is completed, flowers that withered were kept in place while new fresh flowers were added. All stages were shot and recorded.
Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-84) was a Dutch painter of still-life and the father to two sons who were also painters in his studio, along with many other disciples. So similar are their styles that it is hard to tell who painted what. Moreover, there exists a great many different still-lifes of flowers with the same motif and similar composition. I proceeded with the shooting of the series while referring to the group of super-similar still-lifes of flowers, including Flowers in a Glass Vase (1660), with the image looking at one point like one painting, then like a different one at another point. The forced twisted configuration created with wire has a strange beauty divorced from normal life.