Arum Lilly by Tania Spencer

Tania Spencer

Arum Lilly

galvanised wire

600 x 30 x 20 cm

Sold

An exploration of introduced plant species that are becoming naturalised in native bushlands/ road verges etc and investigates the peculiar ways plants have in doing this as well as the role of man in this process. The sublime velvety flowers of Arum Lilies, the spears of intense colour of Watsonia, the lacy delicate foliage and attractive red berries of Bridal Creeper draw you in. The dispersal of seeds by birds, gives rise to new patches of these insidious plants. The wire conveys the toughness and growth habits of these feral plants, its steely resilience establishing its stranglehold in the environment, twisting, tangling and weaving its way to further expand the patch. Underground tubers and corms link together to becoming large open structures, endlessly multiplying. Nets of knitted wire drape over and veil native plants. Plants that are no longer there long deceased. The intrinsic beauty that attracts us to these flowers initially, when combined with their underlying toughness, has been central to their spread into native areas. Sublime, Insidious.

Email Facebook X LinkedIn Pinterest

From Tania Spencer

Inner Space

galvanised wire

60 x 40 x 40 cm

AU$1,200
Eucalypt Illuminate

galvanised wire, copper wire, coated wire, galvanised metal

100 x 60 x 5 cm

AU$1,800
Invader

galvanised chicken wire

50 x 80 x 25 cm
Guardian

steel wire

600 x 60 x 50 cm
Anenome

galvanised wire

90 x 50 x 50 cm

AU$1,500
Cone - Invader/Redeemer

galvanised wire

46 x 35 x 35 cm
Choked

galvanised wire

205 x 350 x 230 cm

AU$5,500
Asparagus Asparagoides - A(veil)able Fom Your Garden

galvanised wire

360 x 240 x 190 cm

AU$3,000

View All Artworks

Additional Details

Additional Artworks

Inner Space

Eucalypt Illuminate

Invader

Guardian

Anenome

Cone - Invader/Redeemer

Choked

Asparagus Asparagoides - A(veil)able Fom Your Garden