It’s almost spring in Atlanta, and that means it’s time for the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s annual celebration of its signature plant collection: the orchids!
Orchid Daze: Reflections in Bloom
Every year, the Garden celebrates the vibrant colors of their orchid collection with an incredible art exhibition. And this year is no different!
Orchid Daze returns to the Fuqua Orchid Center from now until April 14th, and features collage works by Atlanta Artist Lillian Blades.
What can guests expect at Orchid Daze?
This year, guests of Orchid Daze can expect to be wowed and delighted by Atlanta artist, Lillian Blades’, mixed media works, set amongst a lush, colorful flowering backdrop. The display will be set up in three unique spaces. These spaces include: Fuqua Conservatory Lobby, Orchid Center Atrium and Orchid Center Display House.
Warm colors of the Caribbean will flood the lobby with exquisite Epidendrums, slipper orchids and dancing lady orchids that complement the color palette of Blades’ art. According to the Atlanta Botanical Garden, “The architectural centerpiece of the atrium will be a domed gazebo framed by jewel-toned orchid curtains and surrounded by Blades’ sparkling collages. In the Orchid Display House, bold Vanda and Phalaenopsis columns will appear on a raised stage framed by a proscenium of Blades’ work and against a backdrop of her collages.”
About the artist: Lillian Blades
According to the Atlanta Botanical Garden, “Blades’s work is influenced by her childhood home in The Bahamas, her ancestral background of West Africa and her late mother, who was a seamstress. These influences appear through her use of color and objects that evoke memory and history.”
Blades says in an interview, “Light plays an important part of the work. I love how it bounces, how it goes through the materials and creates a stained glass effect with color. I love the fact that you can see through it, you can move around it, almost like a wall, but treating it in a way like a painting, thinking of color, value, texture, the reflective qualities, the transparency of it.”
Get ready for spring by stepping straight into a wonderland of color and flowers!
Check out more details at the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s website!