Saturday, May 5, 2012

So when do you throw the flowers out ?

This is the title of the photographic exhibition which opens next week at the Alcaston Gallery in Melbourne.

My friend Dena Ashbolt was inspired by the way that poppies age:

They begin with those tight, little hairy buds that give away nothing, then as the sunlight unzips them, soft chiffon-like petals come tumbling out. Ballerina-like they stand in their diaphanous gowns, and too soon they start to wither, and to fall into very angular poses.

So when do you throw the flowers out ?


Read about Dena and the exhibition here