Tilyen Mucik / Areca on Aspidistra, 2024

chlorophyll process, photo reproduction

digital print on paper

100 x 80 cm, 1/3 + 1 AP or 30 x 24 cm, 1/5 + 1 AP

series: Plant-Based

With the present series, Mucik takes a step further from the classical photographic image by using plant leaves as the medium for the selected works. Nevertheless, in recording a wide variety of plant vegetation, she relies crucially on the medium of photography, which is for her a kind of interface for maintaining sufficient distance from her subject – the plant. Her works are based on the need for photographic experimentation, and her images, compositions and series of photographs are often created according to the principles of the herbarium. In fact, she often documents plants in a portrait manner in order to highlight their individual characteristics, organic textures, patterns, veins, shapes and structures. In her artistic practice, and especially in the present new work, she consistently combines fields such as biology, botany and chemistry. – Miha Colner

Find more works by the artist available here.