The Elegance of Flowers Withering

A suspended garden blooms overhead. Flowers hang upside down, their petals catching the light like chandeliers of nature.

This elevated garden hovers between gravity and grace, inviting us to look up and wonder. Over time, the vibrant blooms begin to fade, their colors softening, textures crisping. But this is not an end, it's a transformation.

As they dry and wither, the flowers become something new: delicate fossils of beauty, echoing the quiet poetry of time passing. In decay, they reveal their structure, their resilience, their stillness.

In her floral installation, artist Wendy Hybl Fannin explores the transformative power of inversion. She suggests that when things are turned upside down, whether in art or in life, the mind is compelled to pause, breathe, and reorient. "Hanging installations offer that kind of shift," she says. "They present a fresh perspective on the journey of flowers, allowing viewers to step inside the work. It becomes personal, immersive, as each person walks through, perhaps even transported, their inner landscape subtly changed." For Fannin, the process itself is meditative.

Written by Cristina Barbedo, curator and owner of LAPINcontemporary.

Photos by Jen Violette. Video by Cristina Barbedo.