Exhibition Review: "Freaky Flowers" at September Gallery in Kinderhook By Taliesin Thomas
Flora and flowers abound as a lavish theme throughout art history. The great American modernist artist Georgia O’Keeffe, for example, was unabashed in her adoration of flowers. She once commented: “When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else.” The current exhibition “Freaky Flowers” at September Gallery in Kinderhook (through May 28) is a celebratory homage to O’Keeffe’s sentiment, and the 27 artists included in this show offer their singular “world-giving moment” through floral-thmed artworks that both captivate and provoke. An irrational visual riot with over 80 artworks that express blossom energies in some capacity, this exhibit is four years in the making and includes paintings, drawings, collage, sculpture, ceramics, video, and installation.
