Flowers for Mary
by Iris Bergman
68 pages
limited edition of 200
hardcover
three types of paper
21,5 x 15,8 cm
self published
graphic design by Swaan Mostert
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As soon as you step foot into a church, you enter a timelessness where it is neither day nor night, a candlelit and liminal space that’s just as medieval as it is current. Since 2019, I have visited over 170 churches and monasteries. Within those church walls I was on the hunt for one thing in particular: bouquets.
Botanical decorations are often overlooked in the ancient grandiosity and dark spectacle of religious buildings. I wanted to bring these symbols of mourning, rebirth, tribute and beauty to the forefront. Every still-life is the result of a human gesture. The more I started to focus on the flowers people left behind, the more I discovered a whole new story behind them.
Without control over the composition I became a spectator to these hommages. This lack of control became an inexhaustible source and quest for the miraculous ways of flowers in religious settings. Flowers for Mary offers a collection of modern vanitas, emphasizing both joy and decay.
