Pamela Rosenkranz. Photo: Marc Asekhame
Pamela Rosenkranz
PROJECT
Originally created in 2023 for the High Line in New York, Old Tree reimagines the ancient tree of life motif, a symbol of the connection between Earth and the divine. Pamela Rosenkranz merged scans of trees with images of the human circulatory system to design the sculpture, whose extended branches mirror lungs and veins, suggesting the deep connection between human and plant life. At the same time, the bright-pink hue and synthetic materials point to artificiality, suggesting a future in which the artificial increasingly merges with the natural.
The acquisition of this artist’s work is supported by Loti & Victor Smorgon Fund, Neville & Diana Bertalli, and Tim Fairfax AC & Gina Fairfax AC
ABOUT
Pamela Rosenkranz was born in Uri, Switzerland, in 1979 and currently lives and works in Zürich. She received her MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts, Bern, in 2004 and completed an independent residency at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, in 2012. She has held solo exhibitions at institutions including the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (the Netherlands); Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (Germany); the High Line, New York (USA); Kunsthaus Bregenz (Austria); and Fondazione Prada, Milan (Italy).
Rosenkranz has participated in major international group exhibitions including the Okayama Art Summit (Japan) and the 15th Biennale de Lyon (France). Her project Our Product was selected for the Swiss Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (Italy) in 2015. Her work is held in major public collections including Centre Pompidou, Paris (France); the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk (Denmark); Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (Germany); Kunsthaus Zürich (Switzerland); the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich (Switzerland); the Museum of Modern Art, New York (US); and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (US), among others.