jim lambie: the found flower paintings series

after researching jim lambie, it appears that his usual creative out-put centers around themes such as brightly coloured taping of floors, and installations of trash/treasure including the kitchen sink. however a recent collection of work has surfaced from mr lambie, which features old chinese oil paintings of floral arrangements, cut up and layered over pop-culture poster children from yesteryear. grace jones, jesus and the mary chain and stevie nicks all get the garden treatment.

in jim lambie’s words: “the found flower projects are in keeping with my usual practice of using found or thrift-shop objects and especially music memorabelia. i combine pop posters with cut-up flower paintings which is essentially a collage. i like the way the flowers seem to grow across the images of the icons of pop, but they are anchored in a number of observations of actual events in the real world: someone carrying a bunch of flowers in front of them as i passed them in the street; someone sitting behind a vase of flowers in a restaurant window…”

i’m so charmed… and i wish i’d thought of it!