FLOWERS AND MUSHROOMS

Flowers and Mushrooms takes readers inside the rich and diverse symbolism of its eponymous subjects. Flowers have at times stood for freshness and fertility, transience and death. In addition to its ubiquitous and much-maligned image as a hallucinogen, the mushroo m has throughout history signified health and life and served as an important symbol within religious ritual. In recent years though , flowers and mushrooms have become a focus in contemporary art, with artists manipulating the many clichés that surround them and a dapting ...[Read more]