Nelson Henricks, Flower Painting 5 (2016)

Nelson Henricks
Flower Painting 5
2016
Inkjet on 9mm polypropylene
edition of 3, #1
51 x 36 inches (includes 3” white border)
framed
 
 
In a photo series accompanying the video installation "A Lecture on Art", traditional notions of beauty are hybridized with conceptualist, process-based actions. To create these images, Henricks drizzled paint on flowers associated with the British Aesthetic Movement – the lily and the sunflower – and photographed the results. The final images are coded with references to art history while simultaneously eliciting contradictory emotional responses in the viewer. Ultimately this work seeks to pose questions about aesthetics and the production of beauty.