The development of gardens and galleries converging from the 16th century onwards allowed for both places allowing nature and culture to be realised in one site.
‘Garden’ takes its lead from the Enlightenment thinker Voltaire. After great adversity his famous novella character, Candide, comes to the conclusion that we must cultivate our garden. To find true meaning in life is to tend one’s garden – on both a physical and metaphoric level. Garden brings together a selection of artwork that draws out the aesthetic, conceptual and therapeutic possibilities of the garden and explores why this reoccurring motif provides such a rich source of material for artists and their creative energies.
QUT Art Museum
Until 3 May, 2015
Brisbane
Lauren Berkowitz, Weeds and wildflowers, 2014, medicinal and edible wild cabbage, fennel and blackberry nightshade
Courtesy the artist
