Elsa Salonen

Study of Eternal Cycle

a decoloured rose and its distilled colour pigments, glass, metal, light
2014, dimensions variable

The artist extracted colours from the petals and leaves of a red rose, leaving the plant pale and colourless. Using the strong red pigments of the petals and the weaker, yellowish pigments of the leaves, the artist painted three rounded laboratory glasses. In the exhibition space, a spotlight illuminates the painted glasses, reflecting the colours back to the white rose, making it once more appear vivid and red.

In the circle of life, the vital energy doesn't perish, but continues its course eternally.

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Exhibition views: Adiacenze, Bologna, Italy, 2015 / Photographer: Jere Salonen