Kate Friend
Dahlia, Basilica Parrocchiale di Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Santuario Madonna del Miracolo, Rome, Italy, October, 2024
C-type colour print.
Signed and numbered verso.
Signed and numbered verso.
Edition of 5 with 2 APs: 80 x 65 cm (31 1/2 x 25 1/2 in)
Edition of 3 with 1 AP: 153 x 122 cm (60 1/4 x 48 in)
Edition of 3 with 1 AP: 153 x 122 cm (60 1/4 x 48 in)
Lyndsey Ingram is delighted to present a new series of 24 works by the British artist Kate Friend. There Are Always Flowers For Those Who Want To See Them is a series of botanical works made at Vatican-approved Marian apparition sites (sites of alleged visions of the Virgin Mary). Each work comprises a photograph of a single flower found growing on sacred ground. Over the course of seven months, Friend travelled to four such sites in southern Europe, seeking flowers at each location.
The artist comments -
I was curious about faith, influence, the power of apparitions, and the designation and worship of relics. I was drawn to the question of whether holy ground, visited by millions, could affect the flowers that grew there, and whether it could shape my work. I wanted to explore how a holy site can create a damascene moment. I did not know when I began, the extent to which I would end up with a damascene moment of my own.
The artist comments -
I was curious about faith, influence, the power of apparitions, and the designation and worship of relics. I was drawn to the question of whether holy ground, visited by millions, could affect the flowers that grew there, and whether it could shape my work. I wanted to explore how a holy site can create a damascene moment. I did not know when I began, the extent to which I would end up with a damascene moment of my own.
