From leather grown from fungi, to light reactive bio-plastics, and fibreboard made from hemp and bio-resin, NGV Senior Curator Ewan McEoin leads a tour of Plant Life: The Nature of Design to celebrate the opening of the exhibition at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.
Presented in partnership with NGV Futures Partner, RMIT University, the exhibition features more than 60 works across furniture, architecture, decorative arts, craft, photography and film, tracing humanity’s relationship with the plant world through design.
Speaker
Ewan McEoin, Senior Curator, Contemporary Design and Architecture, NGV
About the exhibition
Plants have always been our most essential material collaborators – the source of shelter, sustenance, utility, beauty and meaning across every culture and era of human making. This exhibition traces that relationship from its deepest roots to its speculative futures, presenting furniture, architecture, decorative arts, craft, photography and film drawn from the NGV Collection alongside new commissions, recent acquisitions and key international loans.