Jane Hammond - Angel's Trumpet, Adder's Tongue

Jane Hammond’s '72 collages at the Garden Museum are vibrant, intricate and uncannily alive. Bringing together flowers, grasses, seeds, insects and birds from decades of printed and painted matter, Hammond creates spectacular arrangements that feel both historical and contemporary. Rooted in tradition yet radically inventive, these works reimagine the great lineage of flower painting for our own unsettled age. A committed

gardener at her home in Massachusetts, Hammond’s knowledge of plants, flora and fauna is at the heart of this body of work; on display at a British institution for the first time.

A celebrated American artist whose work is held in major museums in the United States and abroad, Hammond describes her practice as “collecting found information and transforming it.” A painter, printmaker, photographer and sculptor as well as a master collagist, she gathers imagery from broad sources, including old calendars, botanical engravings, textiles, wrapping papers and digital archives.…