"The flora of Grenada is beautiful: colourful, lush, intense, tropical. But Oscar-winning film-maker and Turner prize-winning artist Steve McQueen saw something else in the Caribbean nation's flowers when he went to photograph them in 2024: markers of historical trauma and colonial pain."
"They are constant witnesses of turmoil and upheaval. In a landscape of flux in population, they have been a constant. Sometimes the most horrific things happen in the most beautiful places. That's the perversity of life."
Kettle's Yard presents 'Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today,' highlighting artists like Henri Rousseau and Lubaina Himid. Billy Childish exhibits new California desert paintings at Carl Freedman Gallery. Katharina Grosse showcases large site-specific works at White Cube Bermondsey. Les Krims presents surreal staged Polaroids at Graces Mews. Racheal Crowther's debut installation at Chisenhale Gallery explores scent and military themes. Steve McQueen's photography captures Grenada's flowers as symbols of historical trauma amidst beauty, reflecting life's complexities.
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