Flowers! in the art of the 20th and 21st centuries: Blumen in der Kunst des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts

Abstract

"Flowers are a symbol for love and life as well as for decay and destruction. About 180 works in a variety of media, including painting, photography, video and installation, show the changes in meaning and the topicality of the subject: from the study of colour and form via socio-political and gender-specific questions to reflections on existence, the environment and new technologies." -- Back cover.

Contents

The flowers in art: Between tradition and a modern picture concept / Regina Selter -- Flowers! Images! / Barbara Welzel -- Flowers: Inside and out / Kurt Wettengl -- 'The deceased empress Elisabeth valued it no less': Flowers as elements of political symbolism / Stefan Mühlhofer -- I dissent, therefore I am: Flower symbolism in feminist art / Stefanie Weisshorn-Ponert -- 'There is no such thing as nature anymore, it's all culture now': Flowers and their habitat in contemporary art / Stefanie Weisshorn-Ponert -- Through art, through flowers / Ronja von Rönne. Die Blume in der Kunst, zwischen Tradition and modernem Bildkonzept / Regina Selter -- Blumen! Bilder! / Barbara Welzel -- Blumen, drinnen und draussen / Kurt Wettengl -- »Die verblichene Kaiserin Elisabeth schätzte es nicht minder.« Blumen als Elemente politischer Symbolik / Stefan Mühlhofer -- Ich widerspreche, also bin ich. Blumensymbolik in der feministischen Kunst / Stefanie Weisshorn-Ponert -- »There is no such thing as nature anymore. It's all culture now.« Blumen und ihre Umwelt in der zeitgenössischen Kunst / Stefanie Weisshorn-Ponert -- Durch die Kunst, durch die Blume / Ronja von Rönne.