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Paulette Tavormina:<\/strong> from Bodegon<\/em>
L: Still Life with Jamo\u0301n Ibe\u0301rico<\/em>, after L.M<\/em>., 2014
R: Still Life with Quince and Jug, <\/em>after L.M<\/em>., 2014
both 36″ x 48″ archival pigment prints<\/p>\nAccompanying Bodeg\u00f3n, Tavormina’s\u00a0Botanicals series recalls the botanical illustrations of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, re-imagining these scientific studies as exuberant cascades of flora and fauna. A fantastical menagerie of bugs, buds, and dewy blossoms burst against velvety black depths, leading the eye in figure eights around the canvas. \u00a0And yet Tavormina’s signature motifs of darkness and decay keep these works from pure flights of fancy\u2014rather, they are visions of life in all of its subtle shades of beauty.<\/em><\/h5>\n
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Paulette Tavormina:<\/strong> from Bodegon<\/em> (Botanicals<\/em>)
Botanical V<\/em> (Peonies and Wisteria<\/em>), 2013
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Paulette Tavormina surrounded by her Botanicals<\/em><\/p>\nThis is Paulette’s second show with Robert Mann. You can read more of our interactions with her and find links to her website and exhibition’s here<\/a>. Check her website here<\/a> for news … she’s got a lot coming in 2015\/16!<\/h5>\n
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