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"Tree, Broken Tree" by Dylan Mortimer

Presented by Open Spaces at The Village at Swope Park, Kansas City MO

Aug 25 2018
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Oct 28 2018

Mortimer took a dead tree adorned it with metallic glitter, to lend it a vibrant intensity that can be read as the reassuring glow of a slowly dying ember, or a symbol of the persistence of life in the face of death and decay.

Missouri native Mortimer’s artwork merges questions of belief and revelation with a highly personal iconology combining biology, scripture, autobiography and art historical sources. His Open Spaces project began with selecting a tree within the KC Parks Department that died during the winter of 2017-18. Instead of its being hauled away for pulping or incineration, Mortimer has adorned the tree with a coating of metallic glitter, lending it a vibrant intensity that can be read as the ... view more »

LOCATION

The Village at Swope Park

Pavilion 1 - East Meyer Blvd & Swope Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64132

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