Chapter 33: "flower abstraction (elongated) 1, 2, 3"

Speaker 0 00:00:00 Chapter 33, flower Abstraction Elongated 1, 2 3. This chapter describes flower abstraction elongated 1 2 3 by Mari gold Santos, made in 2022 and measuring four meters high. There is a tactile version of this drawing. It is labeled six. This chapter is a minute and a half long. Speaker 1 00:00:23 In this artwork, marigold created an enlarged vinyl version of a black drawing of three imagined flowers. They snake up the wall of the gallery vertically reaching the level of the balcony above. In the tactile version of this drawing, you can feel the stems, pedals and leaves. Each flower has at least three distinct parts, bottom, middle, and top, and the stems zigzag in different sections before separating off into small blooms of various shapes and sizes. The designs have very bold line work and are very stylized. The flowers appear to be surreal or otherworldly. Santos is also a tattoo artist, and these black graphics recall a flash sheet which tattoo artists use to display pre-designed creations. There are four flash sheets in this installation by Santos, and they are ink drawings on paper. They have multiple designs composed on one sheet. Which flowers do you think inspired this design though they are rendered in black? Can you imagine them with colors? Can you imagine these designs tattooed on skin? What is the relationship between the large flower designs and the smaller flash drawings? Speaker 0 00:01:37 Go to the next chapter to hear about another work by Santos hung on the wall to your left.