The Garden On Paper: Contemporary & Historical Works

From August 3 through September 18, 2006, The Drawing Room in East Hampton is pleased to present "The Garden on Paper", an installation juxtaposing historical and contemporary drawings, plans, and vintage photographs inspired by gardens and horticulture. The reception will take place on Saturday, August 12, from 5 to 7.

"The Garden on Paper" is a salon style exhibition of garden plans, drawings, watercolors, photographs, and a model for a sunken garden, works that reflect upon the role of the garden as an enduring source of inspiration across three centuries and two continents. Photographs by Charles Jones (1866-1959) and L. Blok (1895-1986), as well as the botanical collages by William Booth Grey (1773-1852), were made to document species they grew in their gardens. The European garden designs by architects are renderings of lavish visions for formal gardens. Esther Pullman’s photographs of greenhouses in France and England present the dynamic glass spaces in which succulents and orchids are raised. New work from the studios of contemporary artists Linda Etcoff and Peter Dayton focus on flowers, while Jill Musnicki is enamored with insects.

See below for full press release and selected works.