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Dead Tree Gives No Shelter by Saad Qureshi

Author’s statement:Through the various disciplines of installation, sculpture, painting and drawing, my work probes the psychology of visual perception – its uncertainties and ambiguities. I am influenced by my roots in Pakistan and subsequent relocation to England; from these personal experiences, I explore more universal themes - the sense of belonging, and the fragmentary nature of memories.

Located in Zweibrücken, Germany, The Rose Garden of Princess Hildegard of Bavaria grows more than 60,000 roses of 2,000 varieties and, as a result, Zweibrücken is appropriately known as the City of Roses. In celebration of this alluring flower, German artist Ottmar Hörl developed a massive public art installation, entitled 1,000 Roses for Zweibrücken (2012).

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MOCHA DICK BY TRISTIN LOWE

Artist Tristin Lowe - “Mocha Dick is a 52-foot-long recreation of the real-life albino sperm whale that in the nineteenth century terrorized whaling vessels near Mocha Island in the South Pacific. Mocha Dick, was described in appearance “he was as white as wool”, in an 1839 magazine article from The Knickerbocker, engaged in battle with numerous whaling expeditions, often sinking smaller boats, and was a source of inspiration for Herman Melville’s epic Moby Dick”.