Clone Water Sprout
Artist
Jessica Rath
(American)
Date2012
MediumArchival print on exhibition fiber
Dimensions59 × 63 in. (149.9 × 160 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Ellingson Family
Object number2020.10.2
Label TextIn 2009 and 2011, artist Jessica Rath visited both the Apple Collection at the USDA’s Plant Genetic Resources Unit and the Cornell apple-breeding program, creating a body of work titled "take me to the apple breeder." Rath's original goal was to create slip cast porcelain sculptures that embodied the incredible—and now endangered—range of the apple's aesthetic potential; revealing the qualities it has developed through human intervention and selective grafting. During her visit, however, Rath also became fascinated by the genetic diversity and the form of the apple trees cared for by apple breeder Dr. Susan K. Brown. Rath returned in to photograph these seed "sisters" created from Dr. Brown's cross breeding of apple trees against a stark white backdrop.Status
On viewLocation
- Smith Hall (25 N Glassell Street), Floor 1, Hallway 100
