Anastasia

yohji yamamoto sunglasses • 1990s • $340 USD

“10,000 red roses are displayed in the choir of St-Vincent Church offering a fascinating visual and sensory experience. The depth of the hints of red mingles with the voluptuousness of the fresh flowers’ perfume and the excess of the mass of roses. Meticulously arranged into a tightly packed rectangle that might recall the principle of the gardens design or the archetype of the vocabulary of modern art, the flowers however evade the simple formalism or the mere sensory satisfaction. Indeed, thorns remain underneath the velvety petals, ready to trap those who would try to touch it. For Anya Gallaccio, natural processes of transformation and the announced disappearance of this sublime beauty is more important than the sentimental reference.”

Socotra, Yemen