Floriculture examines the concept of collapse within commercial horticulture and its profound environmental impact. Manmade materials replace the organic conditions, simulating an environment optimized for profitable growth but disconnected from the ecosystems these plants were once part of. The work is a reflection on the contradictions inherent in our manipulation of nature, the potential for these artificial environments to serve as temporary sanctuaries, and the inevitable collapse that awaits both the natural and artificial worlds we have created.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Rowan Corkill was born in Scotland in 1986. He received a BA in photography & Electronic media at Robert Gordons University, Aberdeen, followed by an MSC in Sound Art & Design at Duncan of Jordanston University, Dundee. Exhibiting nationally and internationally with shows in Europe, North & South America and Canada, the artist has been working with nature as a prominent theme since 2010. Rowan’s works possess a sense of power as well as fragility, a duality which echoes that which exists within nature. Materials play a strong role in the artist’s practice, particularly the use of animals and plants which are collected and used in most of his works. The use of taxidermy in his work acts as a foundation on which to apply materials, most of which are imbued with symbolic meanings which elevate the objects beyond the norms of the everyday.

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