Elspeth Diederix (1971)
Diamond & Striped Tulips
2013 | c-print on aluminium with satin coating | 100 × 71 cm
The tulips in this picture certainly look real, but Elspeth Diederix would be the first to admit it’s an illusion.
In all their beauty and drama, the photographs in this series are of floral still lifes. The flowers in a good still life painting are often depicted so true to nature that they seem real. However, Elspeth Diederix would say they were manipulating reality – something like what she does here by adding colour to the pedals of the tulips.
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