EXHIBITION ARCHIVE
Karl Blossfeldt Art Forms in Nature
October 17, 1997 - November 26, 1997
Co-organized for circulation by Malinda Wayt, Los Angeles, and Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver.
As a teacher of art and design in Berlin, Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) aimed to demonstrate that 'the best constructions for industrial design had already been anticipated in nature.' To that end, he spent more than three decades photographing plants in Germany and Italy. His work, when first published, caused a sensation; never before had such extraordinary images been seen. Blossfeldt's photographs are the souvenirs of a visionary adventurer into the heart of the natural world. Taken in the first quarter of this century by a relatively unknown art school professor, these rarely seen black and white images are now recognized as vital contributions to the history of photography and they remain as surprising today as they are beautiful.
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