Ignacio Canales Aracil
The Fragility of Life is what the collection of art was named and contains a numerous amount of dried flowers shaped in a vessel to preserve the flowers.
The artist said
"The sculptures are made with flowers and plants from different gardens and nurseries that work in collaboration with me. They allowed me to cut their flowers and work in their premisses while choosing, pressing and drying the flowers......One of the ideas of this collaborations is to show the plants and flowers which represent the better the spirit of the garden in a different place where you wouldn't expect to find it"
This inspired me to look at how flowers similar to humans in their life form, not only decline naturally but have a special factor some wish humans had themselves. This is the fact we can preserve the flowers and keep them even after they have themselves died.
I researched this piece of art further and found a quote from the artist that sums up his work and why he created this. Here it is:
"Working with flowers and trying to preserve their beauty, faces directly the fears that we share in the society about time. Life and dead are confronted in a piece which celebrates beauty, sexuality and time. Fighting with and against nature"
Below I found some images of the sculptures made with dried flowers:
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