Flowers have served as enduring symbols for beauty, transience, and mortality, while also being relegated to the realm of ornamentation, as lacking in intellectual rigor or depth. It is within our current moment—characterized by an invigorated resurgence of floral motifs in contemporary art, the erosion of the borders between what is considered fine art and craft, and the violence of our political context—that this exhibition takes place. May the endurance of flowers in art practices provide a way for us to look for paths through this time.
Floral Methods presents works by 13 artists and community organizers whose practices either engage with flowers or have been asked to respond to this theme. Together, they offer multifaceted contemplations, abstractions, and propositions ranging from queer botanica, Indigenous reclamation, domestic labor, tenderness, creative resistance, faggotry, memoirist impulse, and more. A bouquet of sorts.
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Flowers have served as enduring symbols for beauty, transience, and mortality, while also being relegated to the realm of ornamentation, as lacking in intellectual rigor or depth. It is within our current moment—characterized by an invigorated resurgence of floral motifs in contemporary art, the erosion of the borders between what is considered fine art and craft, and the violence of our political context—that this exhibition takes place. May the endurance of flowers in art practices provide a way for us to look for paths through this time.
Floral Methods presents works by 13 artists and community organizers whose practices either engage with flowers or have been asked to respond to this theme. Together, they offer multifaceted contemplations, abstractions, and propositions ranging from queer botanica, Indigenous reclamation, domestic labor, tenderness, creative resistance, faggotry, memoirist impulse, and more. A bouquet of sorts.
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Théo Bignon is a French artist and educator currently based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal, whose practice explores the intersections of desire, ornamentation, and queer existence. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as Centre Clark and Gallery Blouin Division (Montréal), Villa Noailles (Hyères, France), Bunker Projects (Pittsburgh, PA), Salon LB (Chicago), and Whatiftheworld Gallery (Cape Town, South Africa). His past residencies include Bunker Projects (Pittsburgh, 2019 & 2024) and Adélard (Frelighsburg, Québec), and his research and writing have been published in Critical Studies in Men's Fashion and Catalyst: Casual Encounters. Théo is the founder of the Non-Resident Residency, an art residency program in Montréal for artists without permanent residency status, and a co-founder of Abstract Lunch, an artist-run curatorial project focused on experimentation, play, and community engagement. He holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA from Sciences Po Paris.
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Hey friend,
How are you? How could anyone possibly be? It feels as if we are bolting as people - throwing out our most dazzling flowers and our worst horrors - plummeting towards an end. And maybe we are nearing an end? Or maybe that is just what every generation thinks. I had a conversation with a friend this summer about being in constant oscillation between wanting to end it all and wanting to live forever. Sometimes that line becomes a circle, and the feelings coexist. I’m working in patterns lately, seeing them as a physical manifestation of time cycles, and building my own little time capsules.
I have been trying to process my feelings about moving away from Florida - a place I became so many versions of myself. The gulf, the swamp, the heat, the endless varieties of citrus, and the year round growing season are now a part of me. I continue to grow things here, and it feels small but magical. My marigolds bloomed in a surprising brilliant yellow, and I see them as a mirror. Moments like this are when everything aligns. The light hits the water at just the right angle and I see the green flash. The endless barrage of input and information changes frequency, and although the static does not stop, I can find space in it as a system I know how to navigate. I feel my feet below me on the sandy bottom. I lift, and float, and watch the clouds pass above. The water is warm, and I am water too. What makes it all make sense for you?
Blue skies,
Lucia
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