delicate floral display pairing of flower heads tulips glass WATER AND THE CONDITIONS OF

WATER AND THE CONDITIONS OF FORM

and ephemerality

Kojin Taxi III

'Morpho Peleides 0990’  dated 2011Edition of 25 archival pigment printspaper size 23

delicate floral display pairing of flower heads tulips glass WATER AND THE CONDITIONS OFThe Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,