Julius von Bismarck I like the flowers (Pandanus utilis), small, 2023

“i like the flowers, i like the daffodils . . .” — the well-known children’s song lends its name to this series, which consists of plants and small animals that have been pressed flat. As in the children’s song, the beauty of nature seems to be the main theme here. in contrast to the childhood practice of pressing flowers between the pages of a book, however, or creating herbaria to classify and archive vegetation, the work converts large-scale plants and small trees into almost two-dimensional forms. suspended delicately in space, they become likenesses of themselves reminiscent of floral wallpaper or backdrops.