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No. 36 Winter 2024/2025 20.00

Paradise Found

Curated by Piet Oudolf

Art Room

It’s the summer of Piet Oudolf. Celebrated worldwide for his naturalistic gardens, such as the High Line in New York, Oudolf’s approach to gardening has revolutionized our own relationship to the outdoors. His 100.000 square feet of gardens around the world have opened our eyes to the power of the perennial garden, one which maintains its splendour every season. In this exhibition and the summer issue of See All This Art Magazine (#30), we question what it means to be in nature: what it does for us and how we can fall into its rhythm.

Participating artists: Simon Heijdens, Zora Ottink, Naoko Benom-Miura, Sophie Steengracht en Curcubita Maxima.

Fig 1. Paradise Found exhibition and plant nursery, in the background a work by Zora Ottink and a chair by Vitra, designed by Jean Prouve
Emanuele Coccia
‘Plants don’t have hands with which to shape the world, yet it would be hard to find more capable agents when it comes to the reconstruction of forms’

From June 3rd to September 15th 2023, we are brought our new summer issue to life with the exhibition Paradise Found. The magazine and exhibition have been created in collaboration with world renown landscape designer Piet Oudolf, who was recently awarded an Elizabeth Medal of Honour by King Charles III. In this exhibition, art and nature come together through artworks, artists and plants that are featured in the magazine.

Fig 2. Paradise Found exhibition and plant nursery
Fig 3. Paradise Found with a work by Naoko Benom-Miura and a table and chair from Vitra designed by Jean Prouve
Fig 4. Paradise Found exhibition and plant nursery, in the background a work by Zora Ottink and a chair by Vitra, designed by Jean Prouve
Fig 6. Amsterdam Low Line, the 16-meter-long canalside garden that Piet Oudolf designed for See All This
Fig 7. Plants from the Piet Oudolf Collection as part of the plant nursery, with table designed by Bijoy Jain
Fig 8. Paradise Found with works by Zora Ottink (left and center) and Naoko Benom-Miura (right)
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Zora Ottink Eden series

Fig 9. Zora Ottink, Eden II, Summer, 2023, inkjet print on hahnemuhle photo rag satin paper, 110 × 165 cm
Fig 10. Zora Ottink, Eden V, Summer, 2023, inkjet print, 36 × 26 cm
Fig 11. Zora Ottink, Eden I, Summer, 2023, inkjet print, 140 × 93 cm
Fig 12. Zora Ottink, Eden II, Summer, 2023, inkjet print, 36 × 26 cm

For a year, Zora ­Ottink photographed Oudolf’s magical garden in ­Hummelo. Her Eden series is the record of the passing of the seasons, in which nature is not a backdrop, but an all-emcompassing world of raindrops, pollen and cobwebs. The works from this series were also published in See All This #30.

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Zora Ottink, Eden III, Summer, 2023

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Zora Ottink, Eden III, Summer, 2023; inkjet print on hahnemuhle photo rag satin paper, 36 × 26 cm

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Zora Ottink, Eden V, Summer, 2023

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Zora Ottink, Eden V, Summer, 2023, inkjet print on hahnemuhle photo rag satin paper, 36 × 26 cm, edition of 10 (excl. frame)

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Zora Ottink, Eden III, Summer, 2023

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Zora Ottink, Eden III, Summer, 2023; inkjet print on hahnemuhle photo rag satin paper, 36 × 26 cm
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Zora Ottink, Eden V, Summer, 2023

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Zora Ottink, Eden V, Summer, 2023, inkjet print on hahnemuhle photo rag satin paper, 36 × 26 cm, edition of 10 (excl. frame)
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Sophie Steengracht Fruiting Bodies

Fig 13. Paradise Found with works by Zora Ottink (left) and Sophie Steengracht (right), the Giant Pumpkin, and a table and stools from Vitra designed by Jean Prouvé
Fig 14. Sophie Steengracht, Fruiting Bodies, 2021, mushroom ink and soft pastels on paper, 160 × 125 cm

Since Sophie Steengracht planted her own garden in 2021, she has been working with pigments derived from her own plants. Naturalistic patterns – from underground root systems, tree bark and starry skies – recur in colours, motifs and lines that reflect the mystical connection between man and nature.

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Sophie Steengracht, Fruiting Bodies, 2021

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Sophie Steengracht, Fruiting Bodies, 2021; mushroom ink and soft pastels on paper, 125 × 160 cm

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Sophie Steengracht, Fruiting Bodies, 2021

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Sophie Steengracht, Fruiting Bodies, 2021; mushroom ink and soft pastels on paper, 125 × 160 cm
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Naoko Benom-Miura Birth & Jazz Blue

Fig 15. Paradise Found with a work by Naoko Benom-Miura and a table and chair from Vitra designed by Jean Prouve

In her studio in a small port city in Japan, Naoko Benom-Miura creates illustrations, designs and drawings. On large sheets of paper, she brings to life flowers that reveal a personal message, such as in Birth, an ode to motherhood, and Jazz Blue, which reflects her love of music.

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Naoko Benom-Miura, Jazz Blue, 2018

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Naoko Benom-Miura (Japan, 1969), Jazz Blue, 2018; acrylic, watercolour, pasteloil and pastel on paper, 106.7 × 78.7 cm, unframed

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Naoko Benom-Miura, Birth, 2017

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Naoko Benom-Miura (Japan, b. 1969); Birth, 2017; acrylic, watercolour, pasteloil and pastel on paper, 134.6 × 81.3 cm

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Naoko Benom-Miura, Jazz Blue, 2018

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Naoko Benom-Miura (Japan, 1969), Jazz Blue, 2018; acrylic, watercolour, pasteloil and pastel on paper, 106.7 × 78.7 cm, unframed
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Naoko Benom-Miura, Birth, 2017

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Naoko Benom-Miura (Japan, b. 1969); Birth, 2017; acrylic, watercolour, pasteloil and pastel on paper, 134.6 × 81.3 cm
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Simon Heijdens Lightweeds

Fig 16. Paradise Found with a work by Naoko Benom-Miura and a table and chair from Vitra designed by Jean Prouve
Fig 17. Simon Heijdens, Lightweeds Linteum, 2021, canvas and custom electronics, 145 × 145.5 × 5.2 cm, edition 4 of 5

The monumental digital art work Lightweeds, that artist Simon Heijdens installed especially for this exhibition, is an ecosystem of living digital plants that overgrow the indoor space. In direct response to rainfall and sunshine – measured by weather sensors – these plants grow to the rhythm of nature. As you walk past, the plants tremble and eventually loose their seeds which ­pollinate in the direction of passage.

Since 2005, the work has been on view around the world: Rotterdam, London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Moscow, Cape Town. The work is included in the permanent collection of the MoMA in New York, Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Hong Kong City Council and UMHN Salt Lake City.

On a smaller scale, Simon Heijdens developed a special edition of Lightweeds on canvas: Lightweeds Linteum. This work is also on view in the exhibition (until mid July).