In the Garden Exhibition
The focus exhibition In the Garden: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection is now on view through May 31 at The Dayton Art Institute.
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In the Garden Exhibition
Individuals have been cultivating land into gardens for millennia, with the first enclosed outdoor spaces created approximately 10,000 BCE. Originally designed as spaces to deter animals from eating plants, gardens have grown alongside cultural developments to become triumphs of aesthetic expression and even points of national pride. As such, gardens serve as a microcosm of the world, or what one wished the world could be. They function as the sites of royal court meetings, lovers’ escapes, artistic inspiration and personal reflection. Gardens balance nature and human manipulation, becoming a space where one can create order out of chaos, or take refuge from the world outside.
The works presented here, drawn from The Dayton Art Institute’s permanent collection, show the myriad uses of cultivated outdoor spaces in various countries and eras, and the focal points that have appealed to artists.
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