Mary Carlson: Summer Garden imagines an immersive garden of lightness, with spiraling vines, blossoming flora, and songbirds. The biblical figure of Eve and Dorothea, the patron saint of gardeners, both bask in the verdant abundance that envelops the walls. Drawing upon artistic motifs that date back 2000 years, Carlson considers how humanity’s deep connection to nature usurps any specific place or time. While continuing her exploration with porcelain and metal, Carlson has added laminated bent wood to her artistic materials, the handmade techniques enabling accidents and random chance to emerge as unpredictable aesthetic flourishes. An homage to the vastness and timelessness of beauty, Carlson’s expansive installation that envelops and transports the viewer.
