oil on paper, 20 x 30 cm​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Giant nature morte
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The book Nature Morte inspired a project that wraps works depicting still life, focusing on Meret Oppenheim's piece. Her sculpture is shaped by greenery and water in the summer, and by ice in the winter, illustrating the cycles of nature through its peaks and declines across the four seasons.
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By enveloping the sculpture in packaging, the work captures ephemeral moments of nature, creating a situation resembling a still life and highlighting moments of transition before the audience's eyes.​
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The pink wrapping underscores this tension, turning concealment into a vivid presence of life within stillness.
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green in summer, frozen in winter.
a sculpture wrapped
becoming still life,
a moment held in transition.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​​Sam Taylor Wood (video)​​
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The book ’Nature Morte’
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Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still-Life Tradition is a bold and compelling collection that showcases both canonical and lesser-known artists, including recent exhibitors in London such as Sarah Lucas, Clare Tworney, and Robert Gober.
Meret Oppenheim Fountain
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