Saturday, August 31, 2019 – Sunday, March 1, 2020 While we eagerly
await the ripening of our favorite summer fruits, microscopic
competitors are at work multiplying and consuming them in a world
beyond our sight. If we wait too long, the activity of fungi,
bacteria, and other microbes will soon appear as an unexpected blotch,
suspicious “fuzz,” or oddly curled foliage. Fruits in Decay is a
new special exhibit in the Glass Flowers gallery that explores blight,
rot, and other diseases on summer fruits. It features exquisitely
detailed glass botanical models of strawberries, peaches, apricots,
plums, and pears made by famed glass artist Rudolf Blaschka. On
display for the first time in nearly two decades, these models
capture—with astonishing realism—the intricacies and strange
beauty of fruits in various stages of decay.
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