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Herbarium | Dena Kahan

March 2, 2017 - April 15, 2017

Herbarium bouquet (with Echium)

Dena Kahan’s exhibition Herbarium extends her exploration of the natural history museum, taking as her subject the collection of antique botanical models at the University of Melbourne Herbarium. Tightly arranged within narrow spaces like personages in a strange drama, these objects convey a theatricality and surreal beauty, which overwhelms and subverts their role as objects of scientific certainty.

Herbarium bouquet (with Echium)

Herbarium bouquet (with Echium)

Herbarium bouquet (with Rest Harrow) #6

Herbarium bouquet (with Rest Harrow) #6

Herbarium bouquet (with St John’s Wort)

Herbarium bouquet (with St John’s Wort)

Dena Kahan, Herbarium Study, 2016, oil on linen, 60 x 45 cm. From the exhibition Hyper-Botanica.

Dena Kahan, Herbarium Study, 2016, oil on linen, 60 x 45 cm.

Herbarium still life (Common Yew) #1
Herbarium still life (Fuschia) #8

Herbarium still life (Fuschia) #8

Herbarium still life (Heather and Snowdrop)

Herbarium still life (Heather and Snowdrop)

Herbarium still life (Marcantia polymorpha) #7

Herbarium still life (Marcantia polymorpha) #7

Herbarium still life (root) #5

Herbarium still life (root) #5

Herbarium still life (Sheep’s sorrell) #4

Herbarium still life (Sheep’s sorrell) #4

Herbarium still life (with pine) #3

Herbarium still life (with pine) #3

Herbarium still life (Heather and Snowdrop)

Herbarium still life (Heather and Snowdrop)

Wrapped Heather and Snowdrop

Wrapped Heather and Snowdrop

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March 2, 2017
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April 15, 2017
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