Dimensions: unconfirmed: 758 x 665 mm
Copyright: © Michael Landy | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: Here we have Michael Landy’s “Herb Robert,” currently residing in the Tate Collections. Editor: It looks so delicate, almost like a ghost of a plant on a stark white field. Curator: Precisely. Note the meticulous rendering of the plant’s structure. The stark presentation against the white ground emphasizes its formal qualities. Editor: It's interesting how the roots are exposed, vulnerable. Is it about the fragility of life, do you think? Curator: One could interpret it that way. Or consider the starkness as a semiotic marker for the industrial influence on the natural world. Editor: It makes me want to protect the real thing, you know? Go outside and find some Herb Robert and just... be with it. Curator: I appreciate the precision of Landy's linework. A method to his rendering creates a formal dialogue. Editor: It’s made me think about how we isolate nature, categorize it. Maybe we should just let it grow.
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Herb Robert is one of a series of etchings in Landy’s portfolio Nourishment. The portfolio was published by Paragon Press in an edition of thirty-seven plus six artist’s proofs; the set owned by Tate is number nine in the series. These prints were first exhibited at Maureen Paley Interim Art, London between December 2002 and January 2003 alongside several related etchings produced in an edition of six which were sold individually.
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