Community
Exhibited: 16th June 2018 - 13th January 2019
Location: Toledo Museum of Art, USA
Drawing inspiration from diverse sources – including from the color field paintings of Mark Rothko – Law’s installations explore the interactions of color, form and movement, emphasize the push-and-pull between vistas and details, and meld together aspects of painting, sculpture and immersive environment to create a singular experience.
Community is an installation that embraces the site-specific concept of producing a work of art for a particular space. Local materials and hands combined to build this interactive artwork featuring thousands of flora grown and foraged from the Toledo landscape and involving 1,800 volunteer hours to create.
Entwined with the local portion of the installation is the artists entire collection of floral material. A proponent of sustainability, Law repurposed flowers that were previously featured in her other installations from around the world.
“My artwork is for sharing. I make these installations to allow people to interact with nature, to give time to observe and be moved by the beauty of creation.”
— Rebecca Louise Law