{"id":74919,"date":"2013-11-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhgshop.it\/the-captivating-creatures-of-andrea-graham\/"},"modified":"2013-11-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T23:00:00","slug":"the-captivating-creatures-of-andrea-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/en\/the-captivating-creatures-of-andrea-graham\/","title":{"rendered":"The captivating creatures of Andrea Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">You notice some works right away: <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Adaptations, Andrea Graham<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">, on display some years ago at the <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museodeltessuto.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Museo del Tessuto<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">, immediately caught our attention. In the meantime, social media helped us get to know her other works, to see her face and many other small parts of her world.<\/span><\/p><p><!--more--><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The next step was to pour ourselves into her website and blog.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"> I wanted to understand where her attraction to those perfect forms lied<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">, how a tuber or a shape vaguely resembling a plant form could ever be so intriguing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">I told myself that it couldn\u2019t only be because they were technically exemplary. It isn\u2019t enough that they are beautiful, decorative and seductive.<\/span><\/p><br><br><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">I searched further and in the articulate diary that is her blog <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">I found, at one point, a beautiful yet sinister image<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">. It was the enlarged image of a cancer cell. So my mind went straight to the disturbing photographs of Fukushima, to those plants with abnormal fruit and irregularly sized branches and flowers.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Mounting an exhibition provides the great privilege to work side by side, if only briefly, with an artist. It allows the opportunity to get close to them, ask them questions and try to understand what is hidden behind the objects they create.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">I don\u2019t know if there is any validity to my impression that <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">the mutating forms created by Andrea Graham<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">, inspired by the adaptive capabilities of the plant world, are a way to exorcise collective anxieties and fears. However, now that I have met her I am convinced of it. I find the value of her work, beyond her perfect technique, her mastery of the art form and the formal completeness of her pieces, lies in this secret way to speak to us all.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">If you liked this article maybe you would also enjoy <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/blog\/article-dhg-exclusive-interviews-ruth-packham_224.php\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">DHG exclusive interviews: Ruth Packham<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><br><br><br><br><br><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You notice some works right away: Adaptations, Andrea Graham, on display some years ago at the Museo del Tessuto, immediately caught our attention. 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