Contingent Existence 3

Photograph

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

A vibrant still life composition features a blue vase brimming with orange lilies, white flowers, and abundant green foliage, set elegantly against a dark background. A yellow drape cascades nearby, adding a soft, luminous contrast.

A vibrant still life composition features a blue vase brimming with orange lilies, white flowers, and abundant green foliage, set elegantly against a dark background. A yellow drape cascades nearby, adding a soft, luminous contrast.

Name/Title

Contingent Existence 3

Entry/Object ID

2023.3.1

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

color photo

Category

Alumni Artist, Calvin Faculty Artist, Vault, Plants and Nature, Objects

Made/Created

Artist

Jennifer Steensma Hoag

Date made

2022

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

30 in

Width

40 in

Exhibition

Botanica - Jennifer Steensma Hoag Sabbatical CAG - November 14, 2022 - January 30, 2023

General Notes

Note

Contingent Existence is a collaboration between naturalist Jeanette Henderson and photographer Jennifer Steensma Hoag. Henderson collected non-native species and created floral arrangements. Hoag then transformed the arrangements into photographic images inspired by historical European still life paintings. Intentionally brought to North America to fulfill aesthetic, medicinal, culinary, and landscaping needs—or unintentionally as stowaways in pots or ship ballasts—the existence of these specimens in Michigan are the result of human intervention.