Botanica | 2001

Published 2001 by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
39 pages
211 x 211mm, softcover, with colour illustrations
With text by Rod Barnett, Judy Dyson, Catherine Field-Dodgson, Philip Garnock-Jones and Phillipa Scott.
Designed by Meanest Indian in the Land
Printed by Thames Publications Ltd.
ISBN 0-9582167-3-8

This catalogue was published in association with the exhibition Botanica, August-October 2001.

Botanica crosses the boundaries between biological discourse and creative production. In doing so it emphasizes the importance of both science and art to our understanding of, and relationship to, the environment and the construction of natural and social history. Potentially, exhibitions such as Botanica can indicate the past and current context from which futures are now being imagined.

'I trust Botanica will not only reveal the breadth of creative engagement in representations of plant life but will also forward appreciation of the operation and effects of visual imagery as it addresses, responds to and activates the natural world.'

— Zara Stanhope, Botanica