The New York Times writes about the rise of the floral motif in contemporary painting, featuring Doron Langberg

’…in the past few years the Western art world has seen a re-emergence of natural imagery and a preference for the pastoral from painters best known for paintings of friends, spouses, loved ones and neighbors…’ – Amanda Fortini ponders the rise of floral motifs in contemporary painting and asks if flowers ’are in fact slyly radical’.

 

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Doron Langberg: Flowers continues at Victoria Miro Venice until 30 March 2024

 

Image: Doron Langberg, Yokneam 5, 2023

Oil on linen
61 x 45.7 cm
24 x 18 in
© Doron Langberg
Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
February 28 2024