I Can Buy Myself Flowers Opening Reception

Titled after the lyrics of a pop song celebrating independence and self-sufficiency, I Can Buy Myself Flowers brings together works drawn from a private collection and focused on the subject of flowers. Floral imagery has a long and illustrious art history, and artists throughout time have been captivated by their universal language of beauty, emotion and meaning. To bring together an exhibition focused on this singular theme is hence an opportunity to consider the myriad approaches to the same subject, and how the simple motif of the flower can encapsulate the complexities of human experience and artistic expression across time, cultures and contexts.  

I Can Buy Myself Flowers gathers artworks spanning the impressionist period, modern masters, and some of the most exciting names shaping art today. Collectively, they offer a glimpse into a multiplicity of biographies and ways of viewing the self and the world, even as individual works echo or…