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In the 1830s, East London doctor and amateur naturalist
Dr Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward invented a sealed glass case,
an ecosphere in which plants could survive heavily
polluted air. The Wardian case was soon being used for
the transport of plants by sea around the world. From
garden plants such as jasmine and rhododendrons to cash
crops like bananas and tea, this simple invention
transformed global economies and environments and shaped
the world we live in.
Transports of Delight, will explore the impact of this
simple but world changing invention which links themes
of colonialism, environment and the collection and
display of plants associated with broader historical
narratives.
Participating Artists:
Anna Barriball | Daphne Wright | David
Cotterrell | Edward Chell | Gerard Ortín Castellví |
Günther Herbst | Harun Morrison | Helen Maurer | Joseph Banks | Joy
Gregory | Laure Prouvost | Lee Maelzer | Leelou
Gordon-Fox | Maria Thereza Alves | Mariele Neudecker |
Nick Laessing | Nils Norman | Owen Griffiths | Peter
Hofer | Pia Östlund | Rosa Nguyen | Stephen Lee | Uriel
Orlow |
A leaflet featuring a commissioned essay by Bergit
Arends, curator of contemporary art, museum professional
and academic, will be available during the exhibition.
Click HEREto view exhibition
leaflet
A publication will be launched during the exhibition
with writings from Edward Chell, artist, writer and
curator; Luke Keogh who published in 2020 The
Wardian Case: How a Simple Box Moved Plants and Changed
the World (Chicago University Press) and Ros Gray, writer, researcher and Programme Leader, MA Art
& Ecology, Goldsmiths, University of London.
 The exhibition is supported by UCA.
The exhibition continues until 12 November 2022.
Installation view by Oskar Proctor
Rosa Nguyen
Dancing Root
2019
Paint wood graffito porcelain Installation view by Oskar Proctor
Mariele Neudecker It Takes 7 Years for the Human
Body to Replace all its Cells 2006
Mixed media including fibreglass, silicone and glass Installation view by Oskar Proctor
Lee Maelzer
Love Spikes 2019
Oil and oil
pastel on canvas Installation view by Oskar Proctor
Harun Morrison Lignum vitae Handling Table 2022
Varying Dimensions
Installation view by Oskar Proctor
Left to Right
Joy Gregory Plants of Resistance,
Machineel tree I, II, III 2021
Günther Herbst Tottenham Court Road 3 2009-2022
Edward Chell
Willow Projections 2018
Daphne
Wright Anglepoise with Still Life 2019
Courtesy of the Artist and Frith Stret Gallery, London
Installation view by Oskar Proctor
Left to Right
Nils Norman The Thomas Mann,
bad Tolz Compost/Fermentation/Chicken Coop
Stephen Lee Windeyes 2022
Uriel
Orlow Soil Affinities 2018 - 2022
Anna Barriball Smoke Studies V. VI, II 2018 Courtesy of the Artist and Frith Street
Gallery, London
Installation view by Oskar Proctor
Installation view by Oskar Proctor
Helen Maurer
Looking Out and In Again
2022
Projection,
variable dimensions, spotlight, glass, turntable,
natural materials Installation view by Oskar Proctor
Left to Right
Owen Griffiths An Archive of extraction,
labour and ecology 2022
David
Cotterrell Bodegón 1 2022
Installation view by Oskar Proctor
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