religious and corporate symbolism in art practice today vanitas and the tension between presence

and the tension between presence and absence

By translating instantly recognisable brand symbols into fragile organic matter

washer and threaded bolt for installation

in our case corn starch & sugar cane

this project was created in Siberia from deep in its remote forests during the heart of winter

religious and corporate symbolism in art practice today vanitas and the tension between presenceThe Floral Brand Icons series reconstructs familiar commercial insignia using thousands of individual flower petals, assembled as sculptural compositions and documented underwater. Petals drawn from cultivated tulips and roses are submerged in purified water, where movement, buoyancy, and air create a shifting, dreamlike visual field. By translating instantly recognisable brand symbols into fragile organic matter, the works destabilise the language of