![]() Pollen onto them and let them move on without reward. Orchids use various tricks to lure insects to their flowers, where they shed their Most flowering plants offer nectar to their pollinators to attract and reward them, but orchids deceive. The trickster par excellence in the world of plants is the orchid, with 28.000 common species securing it's position as the second largest flowering family of plants on Earth. It appears as god or hero with superhuman traits, extremely cunning, unabiding to any principles in order to achieve its goals. ![]() Native to natural religions and mythology, there are many stories about the trickster. Orchids of all colors, ten in total, with an addition of two exotic flowers and a carnivorous plant, all sprout in full sculptural bloom. ![]() Archive 2020 KubaParis TRICKSTER Kristin Wenzel, Griffinn, 2020, glazed ceramic, nickel-plated steel 40 x 32 x 7 cm Kristin Wenzel, Sunny, 2020, glazed ceramic, nickel-plated steel, water pump, 44 x 22 x 11 cm Kristin Wenzel, Peach, 2020, glazed ceramic, nickel-plated steel, 25 x 31 x 8 cm Installation view, TRICKSTER, 2020, Hammerschmidt+Gladigau Installation view, TRICKSTER, 2020, Hammerschmidt+Gladigau Installation view, TRICKSTER, 2020, Hammerschmidt+Gladigau Installation view, TRICKSTER, 2020, Hammerschmidt+Gladigau Installation view, TRICKSTER, 2020, Hammerschmidt+Gladigau Kristin Wenzel, Sunny, 2020, glazed ceramic, nickel-plated steel, water pump, 44 x 22 x 11 cm Location Hammerschmidt+Gladigau Date 24.09 – Photography Marcel Krummrich Subheadline The view through the steamed-up gallery window - once a flower store in the 1960's - reveals a new cycle of works by the sculptor. ![]()
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