| Event Name: |
Alberto Baraya: Expedition To New Zealand - Dec 12, 2009 to Mar 21, 2010 |
| Start Date: |
01 January 2010 |
| End Date: |
21 March 2010 |
| Season: |
Summer |
| Venue: |
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery |
| Venue Address: |
Queen Street |
| City/Town: |
New Plymouth |
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Taking the role of an eighteenth and nineteenth century botanical explorer, Colombian artist Alberto Baraya collects and catalogues artificial plants from some of the most fertile places on earth. This exhibition features New Zealand additions to the elaborate botanical displays of his Herbarium of Artificial Plants. Merging colonial exploitation with contemporary consumerism, tourism and global exchange, Baraya’s taxonomies mimic accurate botanical classifications, exploring the arbitrariness of the scientific paradigm and our use of nature. Baraya also presents the new offsite project SilkFern in the Fernery at New Plymouth’s celebrated Pukekura Park.
Curated by guest curator Alejandra Rojas
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