The unauthorized recreation of a few poppies for use in augmenting an exhibit about pollination at the Morris Arboretum elides the original concept and message intended by the artist.
Gary Miller created the original installation of 300 poppies, installed at the Arboretum and then at Burning Man in 2008. This work carried with it a message: a plea for peace fostered by the remembrance of the cost of war, a message of hope in the promise that beauty that can return and grow, and the capability of art to overwhelm with scope and majesty, as the original installation did.
I hope all will …
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The unauthorized recreation of a few poppies for use in augmenting an exhibit about pollination at the Morris Arboretum elides the original concept and message intended by the artist.
Gary Miller created the original installation of 300 poppies, installed at the Arboretum and then at Burning Man in 2008. This work carried with it a message: a plea for peace fostered by the remembrance of the cost of war, a message of hope in the promise that beauty that can return and grow, and the capability of art to overwhelm with scope and majesty, as the original installation did.
I hope all will visit the exhibition installed at 8514 Germantown Ave. (across the street from Starbucks). It illuminates the project through Miller’s own photographs of his original artwork, text panels explaining the concept and process, and its eventual repurposing by school children. This exhibition is the tribute to Gary Miller’s vision and passion.
Laura Madeleine
Wyndmoor
