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Nick Knight: Roses From My Garden

Nick Knight, Saturday 19th October, 2019.

June 11 – Sept 25, 2022
1 Pl. Pierre Gautier, 06300 Nice, France

The rose—a simile of choice for poets through the ages. But have roses ever been as metaphorical as they become in the large-scale, still life photography of Nick Knight? A cluster of deep pink roses suggests an erotic bower of bliss. A cascade of palest pinks, a Dior ballgown. Blown white roses—a brooding thunderhead. These gorgeous images draw their poise from 16th- and 17th-century painting, and their light from modern technology: they were photographed on an iPhone, then filtered through software. This exhibition, a smash hit in England, includes the entire selection of 40 artworks from the series, shown all together for the first time since the series’s inception. —Laura Jacobs

Photo courtesy of the artist and Albion Barn