Dimensions: image: 610 x 535 mm
Copyright: © Michael Landy | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is Michael Landy's "Common Groundsel" from the Tate. It's a delicate image of a weed, almost ghostly against all this white space. What do you make of this choice of subject matter? Curator: It's provocative, isn't it? Groundsel is a weed, often overlooked, even actively eradicated. Landy elevates it, asking us to consider what we value and why. What does it mean to give such prominence to something deemed undesirable? Editor: So, it's about challenging our perceptions? Curator: Precisely. Think about the social structures that deem certain people or groups as "weeds" in society. Landy uses the botanical to critique the political. It makes you wonder, doesn't it, about beauty in the unexpected. Editor: Absolutely, I hadn't considered those parallels. Thanks, that’s a powerful perspective. Curator: My pleasure; art opens our eyes to these connections.
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Common Groundsel is one of a series of etchings in Landy’s portfolio Nourishment. The portfolio was published by Paragon Press in an edition of thirty-seven plus six artist’s proofs; the set owned by Tate is number nine in the series. These prints were first exhibited at Maureen Paley Interim Art, London between December 2002 and January 2003 alongside several related etchings produced in an edition of six which were sold individually.
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