Thierry Boutemy | Constellation

Although he enjoys working with large amounts of flowers and colours, this time Boutemy has decided to create, in his own words, “a sensation of fragility and melancholy that is, doubtless, the source of my love for flowers”. His personal constellation. That makes this the most personal work yet by one of the most highly respected floral artists in the world. This French artist, who always has the wild landscapes of his childhood in Normandy in mind when creating his works, finds the roots of his thoughts in the darkness and in light projected on nature. And he does not hesitate to assert that flowers give him his greatest joy, but also quite the contrary.

“We are in a patio, the central space, and the clock face with the stars, the celestial bodies, the mythology, the cosmos and the mystery of where we are.

Man has imagined these points of reference, which make him feel safe. Therefore, I have decided to recreate a box in which I can reflect my universe and the way in which I perceive a manner of thinking that springs from darkness, where light brings life to the plant composition amongst birth, rebirth and death. Life.

The vegetation is composed of grasses, roots, bulbs, colchicum and clematis. A body made of lichen and a sort of levitation or flotation within a plant cosmos. Music is there to give it the mystery of a wandering, travelling, universe.

Although I usually enjoy working with more colours and flowers, I wanted to recreate a sensation of fragility and melancholy here, which is, doubtless, the source of my love for flowers; flowers, as I have often said before, are the reflection of our fragility and vanity for working with them in daily life. This feeling is reinforced for me: they give me my greatest joy, but also quite the contrary”.
(Thierry Boutemy)