The artistic ability of humans never ceases to amaze. Dexterous and filled with creativity, there are those who thrive on constructing seemingly impossible art pieces. One such designer goes by the name of Mathilde Roussel has created stunning grass sculptures that actually grow. Exhibited in the past in galleries like New York’s Invisible Dog, the young French artist has recently added to her collection a new grass sculpture set called Life of Grass.
The amazing pieces were showcased at Nashville’s Museum of Art and Cheekwood Botanical Garden. The sculptures have been crafted in ‘suspended animation’ so the figures look like they’re in motion while being frozen. Regular audiences of the artist’s works can see the transformation of the sculptures from bare beings to grass filled ones.
The idea behind the art project has more to do than simply create visually appealing pieces. Roussel has tried to bridge connections between the global reality of food production, what we eat, how it is grown and the time taken to get to the markets with how it tastes. By watching just how delicate the process of growth is, the artist says that the sculptures seek to make people aware of realities like famines and abundance.
The poignant pieces are inspirational and it’s difficult to walk by without being caught up in its beauty. Like a nature lover, Roussel seems to draw inspiration from the workings of the earth and its life systems. Her other works titled Carbon were inspired by botanical and anatomical illustrations of the carbon cycle of plants, animals and the soil.
By far, however, her most stunning work has to be the grass sculptures. Created using metal structures, tissue, soil and the seeds of wheat grass. Young Roussel has perfectly depicted how food impacts the human body in a truly artistic manner.
Via: Mymodernmet
