{"id":253424,"date":"2025-04-08T10:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=253424"},"modified":"2025-04-08T10:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:52:19","slug":"saatchi-gallery-london-flowers-flora-exhibit-2025","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/saatchi-gallery-london-flowers-flora-exhibit-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"In Bloom: Flowers Take Center Stage In A London Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sophie Mess\u2019s 35-foot-high, site-specific mural Journey of Progress<\/em>. Photography: Matt Chung\/Courtesy of Saatchi Gallery, London\nJo Grogan\u2019s Best Chair, 2024, in limewood, gypsum, and ceramic. Photography by Matt Chung\/Courtesy of Saatchi Gallery, London.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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April 8, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Annie Block\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

In Bloom: Flowers Take Center Stage In A London Exhibit<\/h1>\n\n\n

With spring upon the northern hemisphere, floral-themed exhibitions are abloom in the U.S. and Europe. In \u201cThe Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism\u201d at New York Botanical Garden, for example, thousands of the tropical specimens cluster around vivid partitions inspired by Luis Barrag\u00e1n<\/a>; at Denver Botanic Gardens, \u201cFinding Light\u201d features Anna Kaye\u2019s charcoal depictions of forest plants regrowing after a wildfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the most extensive of these shows is \u201cFlowers\u2013Flora in Contemporary Art & Culture\u201d at Saatchi Gallery<\/a> in London. It\u2019s compre\u00adhensive not only in size\u2014with more than 500 works by 150 international artists, both established and emerging\u2014but also in scope, ranging from the subject\u2019s influence on painting, sculpture, film, fashion, and decor, organized among nine separate galleries. Among the standouts is Jo Grogan\u2019s Best Chair, <\/em>sprouting ceramic tulips, a Victorian-meets-punk ensemble by Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood, and an engaging 35-foot-high entry mural by Sophie Mess, titled Journey of Progress.<\/em> \u201cThe beauty and symbolic power of flowers,\u201d say exhibit cocurators Katherine Benson and Rosie Grant, \u201cinvite reflection on the human experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFlowers\u2013Flora in Contemporary Art & Culture\u201d at Saatchi Gallery in London through May 5 features more than 500 works in various disciplines, including the Mayfair Lady silk chiffon \ndress and headdress from Autumn\/Winter 2021\/2022 by Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood backed by Morris & Co.\u2019s Pimpernel cotton wallcovering in Midnight\/Opal.\nMatt Chung\/Photography by Saatchi Gallery, London, Vivienne Westwood Archive, and Sanderson Design Group.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sophie Mess\u2019s 35-foot-high, site-specific mural Journey of Progress<\/em>. Photography: Matt Chung\/Courtesy of Saatchi Gallery, London\nJo Grogan\u2019s Best Chair, 2024, in limewood, gypsum, and ceramic. Photography by Matt Chung\/Courtesy of Saatchi Gallery, London.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jo Grogan\u2019s Best Chair<\/em>, 2024, in limewood, gypsum, and ceramic. Photography by Matt Chung\/Courtesy of Saatchi Gallery, London.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n