I’ve just discovered the work of Australian artist Lizzie Buckmaster Dove via the Daily Imprint blog. Her beautiful paper constructions conjure up a world of 19th century botanical illustrations and specimen collecting with a 21st century post-colonial twist.
In her piece Carnation: Crimson Bottlebrush the bottlebrush (native to Australia) is transposed with the carnation (of European origin). The cut-out sections simultaneously suggest being made to ’fit’ within existing frames of reference while also expressing a sense of dislocation from this framework.
If anyone is in Sydney, Lizzie Buckmaster Dove’s exhibition, Into the Woods, opens at the NG Gallery in May.
Image credit: NG Gallery
