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Considering her long interests in light and the environment, it is fitting that artist Ana MacArthur would come to a focus on photosynthesis. And since leaves are the "solar collectors" that plants use to manufacture sugars from sunlight, why not check out the largest? Her new installation, Where Light Meets Water; Mumuru on the Equator --T12a, features a mold of a huge aquatic plant, the Victoria amazonica, known as the royal water lily or giant water lily. The installation is shown beginning Saturday, June 27, at the Santa Fe Art Institute as part of the LAND/ART project (landartnm.org) -- a group of lectures, exhibitions, and site- specific artworks presented at various venues in New Mexico through December.
MacArthur first saw the South American plant in 1993 and was instantly fascinated by its design. "I had a father who was a naturalist, and he taught me at a very young age to press plants," she said in a recent interview. "So at 4, 5, 6, I was always engaged in this activity of pulling the dried plants out of the press and holding them up to the light."See the full content of this document
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Leaves of Mass
Her perception of the giant water lily, which she calls "so exquisite," was also shaped by a lifelong interest in holography. The artist began researching and then experimenting with holograms just after college. In the 1980s, she was on staff at the Museum o...
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