Friday, May 26, 2017

Venice – Around Town – Collateral Events – Judi Harvest - Propagation: Bees + Seeds

 
Palazzo Tiepolo Passi

Judi Harvest

Propagation: Bees + Seeds

American artist Judi Harvest displays glasswork, paintings and a video installation in Propagation Bees + Seedspart of Beauty and the Beast, exhibition in Palazzo Tiepolo Passi, until November 24, it is curated by Francesca Giubilei and Luca Berta. Harvest’s new works are a rumination on seeds, bee pollination and plants as metaphors for life and renewal. The exhibition is imbued with the spirit of the flowers and plants in the Honey Garden Harvest planted in Murano in 2013. 

Judi Harvest – Seed Jewel Boxes


“I focus on the fragility of life and the search for beauty. For the past 12 years my focus has been on the endangered honeybees and the endangered glassmakers of Murano, and the environment. Something urgent usually inspires me.”
Judi Harvest

Honeycomb I - Honeycomb II


 
 Judi Harvest
Propagation: Bees + Seeds

The work is also inspired by global seed banks, like the world’s largest, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. Harvest created over 150 different glass seeds, plants and flowers to highlight the beauty, purpose and sacred symbolism of seeds and vegetables. She showcases the beauty of a glass artichoke or pomegranate seed, but also the intricate artistry that glassmakers practice to create form and reimagine nature. 

 
Judi Harvest

Propagation: Bees + Seeds

Harvest’s work is a comment on how global demand for foods or spices is unrealistic, damaging to nature’s seasonal order, and ultimately a threat to the bees that pollinate the world’s crops. 

 
Judi Harvest

Propagation: Bees + Seeds
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