Einige Beobachtungen über Wildblumen: Bienen-Ragwurz (Ophrys apifera) und Schachblume (Fritillaria meleagris) or Some considerations on wild flowers: Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) and Chess Flower (Fritillaria meleagris)
258 x 320 cm (8 ft 5,5” x 10 ft 6”) each.
context
Einige Beobachtungen über Wildblumen: Bienen-Ragwurz (Ophrys apifera) und Schachblume (Fritillaria meleagris) or Some considerations on wild flowers: Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) and Chess Flower (Fritillaria meleagris) is the result of the work in the studio, since I decided to prove a system of construction opposed to the one used in Einige Beobachtungen über Insekten: Langhornbiene (Eucera longicornis) or Some considerations on insects: Long-horned Bee (Eucera longicornis). In that work I used a substracting system of construction, in which from the constant presence of ten layers of felt in tones of gray, the felt of those zones in which the image did not require it, was “eliminated”. On the contrary, by means of the additive system of construction of this diptych –produced in twelve shades of red–, each module was made independently, adding the zones of color according to the presence (amount of surface) of each tone. This time, the images corresponded to a book of wild flowers, whose images (like in the previous mural) vanished –defocused– towards the first and last plane of the photography.
exhibited in
Art in Chile: 3 glances
20 March - 31 March 2015
curator Alberto Madrid Letelier @en, Juan Manuel Martínez @en, Patricio M. Zárate @en
Three different curatorial proposals renew the exhibition of the Patrimonial Collection MNBA
Los habladores: narrativas en el arte contemporáneo internacional
17 May - 15 July 2013
curator Selene Wendt @en
17 artists in the contemporary international research suggesting it concerning literature and storytelling.
The Storytellers: Narratives in International Contemporary Art
30 August - 04 November 2012
curator Gerardo Mosquera, Selene Wendt @en
related texts
Extremely loud and incredibly close
author Selene Wendt @en
The Storytellers. Narratives in International Contemporary Art. Ed. Selene Wendt. p.74-77. Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway. 2012
related videos
the installation of ‘Some considerations on wild flowers…’ in ‘The Storytellers’
made by Nelson Hernández
Video of the installation and opening of the exhhibición ‘The Storytellers: Narratives in International Contemporary Art’ (2012). Stenersen Museet, Oslo, Norway
duration 2:54
the making of ‘Some considerations on wild flowers: Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) and Chess Flower (Fritillaria meleagris)’
made by Nelson Hernández
Making of “Einige Beobachtungen über Wildblumen: Bienen-Ragwurz (Ophrys apifera) und Schachblume (Fritillaria meleagris) o Some considerations on wild flowers: Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) and Chess Flower (Fritillaria meleagris)” (2011).
duration 5:11