Real Dried Flowers Dangle From Ceilings in Immersive Botanical Installations

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

British artist Rebecca Louise Law creates immersive installations using real dried flowers. Dangling from the ceiling like a natural curtain, the flora invites the viewer to interact with the space in a new way. As they move through the strands of delicate petals and pods, there is the opportunity to look at and really study what has fascinated humans throughout time.

One of Law’s latest exhibitions has recently opened at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Titled Awakening, it transforms two of the institution’s galleries into “floral experiences.” Law combined her own recycled flowers with botanicals grown in Hawaii that reflect its unique island landscape. In addition to the florals, Law worked with community groups to incorporate found materials in the exhibition that are suspended from the ceiling in the same way as the blooms.

Awakening is on view at the Honolulu Museum of Art until September 10, 2023. In addition to that show, she has a permanent installation titled Florilegium at the Oratorio di San Tiburzio in Parma, Italy, and an upcoming exhibition called Calyx that will open at Kunsthalle Museum in Munich, Germany, on February 3, 2023, and run through August 27, 2023.

British artist Rebecca Louise Law creates immersive installations using real dried flowers.

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

One of her latest exhibitions has recently opened at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Titled Awakening, it transforms two of the institution’s galleries into “floral experiences.”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

Law combined her own recycled flowers with botanicals grown in Hawaii that reflect its unique island landscape.

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

In addition to the florals, Law worked with community groups to incorporate found materials in the exhibition that are suspended from the ceiling in the same way as the blooms.

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

Awakening is on view at the Honolulu Museum of Art until September 10, 2023.

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Awakening”

In addition to that show, she has a permanent installation titled Florilegium at the Oratorio di San Tiburzio in Parma, Italy.

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Florilegium”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Florilegium”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Florilegium”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Florilegium”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Florilegium”

Awakening Installation by Rebeca Louise Law

“Florilegium”

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled 'Embroidered Life' that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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