Kate Daudy

SUPERBLOOM EXHIBITION

Kate Daudy: SUPERBLOOM - the first exhibition by the celebrated British conceptual artist at Lyndsey Ingram. Daudy, who is well known for her multidisciplinary practice encompassing sculpture, textiles, written interventions and large-scale public installations, has filled the gallery with a new body of work focusing on nature as a metaphor for the state of humanity today.

The title SUPERBLOOM is a reference to a rare, natural phenomenon, where seeds blossom into flowers in the desert creating a blanket of colour and life in an otherwise barren landscape. Within the exhibition will be a selection of new work made by Daudy, including sculptures, felt panels and works on paper.

This exhibition preceded the launch of Daudy’s new citywide intervention, The Seeds of Hope, in support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, a global organization that leads international action to protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. The Seeds of Hope project showcases the oneness of nature and humanity. Specifically, with owner permission, it consists of over a dozen felt-flower art-pieces by British artist Kate Daudy installed across London locations. These include galleries, iconic monuments, beautiful community gardens and green spaces that link through wooden QR codes to ten refugee-videos talking about flowers and seeds that have a meaning to them. 

On street corners, cafés and public landmarks around London, including Southbank Centre, Borough Market, St James’s Piccadilly, the  Garden Museum + the Ismaili Centre as well as the façade of Lyndsey Ingram, Daudy’s felt découpage flowers and weeds will grow out of cracks and, like flowers, wither and fade over time. 

SEEDS OF HOPE

‘The Seeds of Hope’’ is a citywide intervention by British conceptual artist Kate Daudy in support of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The project will run from 16th May and take place across London. The artist will install flowers growing out through cracks in the pavement on street corners, cafés and public monuments.

These little seeds of hope call to mind the fact that people, like plants, ought to be able to find a home everywhere, and that we humans can each contribute towards a more harmonious future through small acts of kindness. The project serves as a reminder of the power that we all have, calling to mind the oneness of humanity and the fact that we are all connected.

The project will be accompanied by an international campaign of films and interviews put together by the UNHCR, as well as an online map and a printed version.