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Jasper GoodallDark Flora #, Horsetail, A floral arrangement of wild plants and flowers2020
2020
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Dark Flora #6 – Horsetail: Foraged from a damp, boggy area of woodland in mid-summer. It includes Horsetail (Marestail), buckthorn, mallow, tutsan berry, blackberry and heather.
I set out wanting to use marestail (or horsetail) as a focus and had a few places in mind where I thought I might find it - alas, the plant eluded me. After several hours I came across an area I seldom visit and thought I’d have a look over the far side of a pond where I could tell the land dipped; it was almost like the universe knew I wanted to take this photo because there was the marestail mother lode! These few that I collected had to be cut down by half at least so that they’d fit in the frame. Much maligned by gardeners due to their highly invasive habits, they are nevertheless beautiful plants with a distinctly prehistoric vibe.
Horsetail has changed little from its ancestors of the Carboniferous period which makes this arrangement feel almost primordial...
Inspired by Victorian era taxidermy dioramas, Dark Flora is a series of photographs using wild plants and flowers in a curated yet naturalistic arrangement. The plants are foraged from forest clearings, hedgerows and roadside verges, often using humble and unassuming species rather than showy specimens so often used in floral photography. Each arrangement is gathered from within approximately a square mile and therefore represent seasonal ‘portraits’ of the local environments from which they came.
Framing: Print is float mounted on aluminium dibond, hardwood frame (for instance Oak or Walnut), finished with antireflective UV protective art glass
Unframed print is also available - please enquire for more details
- Creator:Jasper Goodall (1973, British)
- Creation Year:2020
- Dimensions:Height: 29.53 in (75 cm)Width: 21.26 in (54 cm)Depth: 1.58 in (4 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:54 x 36 cm, (framed or unframed print also available), from an edition of 8Price: $1,62290 x 65 cm, (Custom Framed), Edition of 8Price: $3,374
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- Framing:Frame IncludedFraming Options Available
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1967211120482
Born in Birmingham in 1973, Jasper Goodall studied at the University of Brighton, graduating in 1995 from the BA Illustration course. He went on to become a highly influential illustrator and has worked with high profile clients from fashion brands to rock bands. Widely published and much referenced, he was best known for his editorials in The Face Magazine, Dazed & Confused and his creation of ethereal imagery for the English rock band Muse. He has had joint and solo shows in Tokyo, Hamburg and London. In 2014 he left the world of commercial image making and spent several years training as a counsellor at the Psychosynthesis Trust in London. This hiatus provided the opportunity to take stock and re-imagine his creative output in a new and very different form, and he began using a camera to make images. He has returned to a creative practice with a radically different body of work, using photography as a means of expression. Drawing on historical references, from Victorian taxidermy dioramas to romantic painting he seeks to articulate the hushed, waiting presence that is palpably felt between the dark boughs of a forest at night. "Through photography I seek to invoke reverence for the natural world. Using artificial lighting I depict the nocturnal landscape referencing the enchanted settings used in fairytales where the dark forest is understood as a metaphor for the unconscious.
These mysterious realms, although threatening, contain the potential for discovering riches if we can move past fear.
I hope that my images evoke a sense of the landscape containing magic, for if we can begin to relate to the natural world not as a resource to plunder, but an entity to come to know, love and revere, we may rekindle a much needed sacred relationship." - Jasper Goodall
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