Anya Gallaccio: Silver Seed

A series of silver gelatin prints of large-format photographs taken using an electro-scanning
microscope unveils the unique inner beauty of the tiny seed of the Giant
Sequoia. This elegant exhibition catalog - beautifully printed and bound - does full
justice to the exquisitely detailed photos of Scottish-born, London-based Gallaccio,
who was short-listed for the Turner prize in 2003. Focusing on the unseen internal
landscapes of natural materials - flowers, fruit, water, grass - Gallaccio creates
installations that are more like events than photographs, due to the unpredictable
nature of the material she works with. The oversized format lets the viewer recreate
the artist's experience of discovery through the microscope.