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ICA, London, 1992
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Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium, 1996
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Art of the Garden, Tate Britain, 2004
Art of the Garden, Tate Britain, 2004
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Jupiter Artland, Scotland, 2012
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Pompidou Centre, Metz, France, 2013
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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2019
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2019
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British Council, Iran, 2014
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Installation, London, 2007
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James Hyman Gallery, London, 2007
James Hyman Gallery, London, 2007
Anya Gallaccio
Red on Green, 1992
10,000 fragrant tea roses
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Exhibitions
Anya Gallaccio, Red on Green, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, 1992.Le Jardin de la Vierge, Musée Instumental, Brussels, 1993
Blast to Freeze: British Art in the 20th Century, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2002 - 2003
Turning Points: 20th Century British Sculpture, Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, Iran. 2004
of the Garden, Tate Britain, 2004
The Flower of Life, James Hyman Gallery, London, 2007
Red on Green, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2012
Anya Gallaccio. Red on Green, Centre Pompidou, Metz, 2013 (installed off-site at Basilique Saint-Vincent, Metz)
Anya Gallaccio. Now. Scottish National Galleries, 2019
Red on Green is Anya Gallaccio's most famous work and has been extensively exhibited across the world. It was one of the first artworks acquired by the Hyman Collection in...
Red on Green is Anya Gallaccio's most famous work and has been extensively exhibited across the world. It was one of the first artworks acquired by the Hyman Collection in the 1990s. It consists of ten thousand fragrant English tea roses. Ten thousand red roses are presented in a rectangle on a bed of their stalks. The title references the abstraction of Mark Rothko, whilst the passage of time transforms a symbol of romance into a memento mori. When first installed the work is a lush sea of red but over time the roses blacken and shrivel. A traditional vanitas subject is given an epic, contemporary remake.
The artist's instructions are as follows:
Approximately 10 000 red roses. (As many as 10 people can cut in 3 hours.) Fragrant, English Hybrid tea-roses, dark red, carmine, crimson, vermilion. Fragrant cloud, Wendy Cussons, Champs Elysees, Christian Dior, Super star, Chrysler Imperial, Eve Harkness, Alex red, Intrigue, Bonne Nuit, Loving Memory, Bingo, Ingrid Bergman, Lily Marlene.
Mark out a rectangle on the floor approx 3m x 5m. Cut the heads from the stalks and lay them face up on top of a bed made from leaves and stems with the thorns still on. Position the blooms face up closely together. Extend the flowers beyond the edge of the bed to the floor, to ensure that none of the foliage is initially visible. The roses will shrink as they dry and reveal the first layer.
The artist's instructions are as follows:
Approximately 10 000 red roses. (As many as 10 people can cut in 3 hours.) Fragrant, English Hybrid tea-roses, dark red, carmine, crimson, vermilion. Fragrant cloud, Wendy Cussons, Champs Elysees, Christian Dior, Super star, Chrysler Imperial, Eve Harkness, Alex red, Intrigue, Bonne Nuit, Loving Memory, Bingo, Ingrid Bergman, Lily Marlene.
Mark out a rectangle on the floor approx 3m x 5m. Cut the heads from the stalks and lay them face up on top of a bed made from leaves and stems with the thorns still on. Position the blooms face up closely together. Extend the flowers beyond the edge of the bed to the floor, to ensure that none of the foliage is initially visible. The roses will shrink as they dry and reveal the first layer.