Supernatural: Gigantic, Flowing Aerial Art
SKYNET BY PATRICK SHEARN OF POETIC KINETICS BY PATRICK SKYNET Gigantic, flowing aerial art, larger-than life glass plant sculptures bloom at Atlanta Botanical Garden ATLANTA (February 17, 2021) – Seeing is believing when it comes to a duo of art exhibitions coming to the Atlanta Botanical Garden this spring. One features a gigantic, immersive aerial art installation floating through the treetops, while the other showcases larger-than-life glass sculptures of blooming plants towering among the flower beds. SUPERnatural: Aerial Art in Motion, Glass Art in Bloom, opening May 15, features a custom-created “skynet” billowing in the air above Storza Woods like a flock of multi-colored birds, while over-scale glass floral sculptures blossom throughout the more formal gardens. The skynet, called “Dream Flora”, is an experiential aerial sculpture by Patrick Shearn of Los Angeles-based Poetic Kinetics, known for its large-scale works of public art; the contemporary glass art is the creation of Seattle artist Jason Gamrath. “Our guests have come to expect spring exhibitions of extraordinary sculpture, and the combination of these two displays of contemporary art, which in both cases are over the top, is going to blow them away,” said Mary Pat Matheson, the Garden’s President & CEO. “On one hand, they will get to explore these gorgeous over-sized glass sculptures of colorful orchids, pitcher plants and lotuses in the Garden and on another level to lose themselves in the fantasy-like movement of a flowing ribbon of color overhead in the woodlands. Together, the two make for a super-sized showing of art that Atlanta has never experienced before.” “Dream Flora,” on display through September 19, is composed of maker.
[Show full text]