Cultivating the Field of the Absurd
Embroidery in Soil and Moss

At work, Broderie Parterre,
embroidery, polyamide threads, approx. 8 x 8 meters, Privatgrün exhibition, Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne 2004
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Exhibitions:
Barbara Nemitz – Living the Beautiful, Kunstverein Heidelberg, 1997, catalog
Artworks Pertaining to Environmental Scuplture, Dorsky Gallery, New York City, USA 2000
Terra – The third Element, Gerhard Marks Haus, Bremen, 2001, catalog
Something is Happening, Rosy Wilde, London, GB, 2003
Privatgrün, Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Köln 2004, catalog
Unrealized Projects, DAAD Galerie Berlin, 2012

Broderie Parterre
Detail, embroidery, polyamide threads, Privatgrün exhibition, Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne 2004
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Broderie Parterre,
Details, overgrown, embroidery, polyamide threads, approx. 8 x 8 meters, Privatgrün exhibition, Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne 2004
Photo: Thomas von Taschitzki

Broderie Parterre,
Overgrown embroidery, polyamide threads, approx. 8 x 8 meters, Privatgrün exhibition, Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne 2004
Photo: Thomas von Taschitzki

Moss Island I
growth in process, substrate, natural moss, embroidery, polyamide threads
Studio Berlin, 1996-1998
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Moss Island I
growth in process, detail, substrate, natural moss, embroidery, polyamide threads
Studio Berlin, 1996-1998
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Blue Stars
Detail, embroidery in leaves, boxwood, oak, eucalyptus, cypress
Private park, Biot, Côte d’Azur, France 1996
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Blue Stars
embroidery in leaves, boxwood, oak, eucalyptus, cypress
Private park, Biot, Côte d’Azur, France 1996
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Cultivating the Field of the Absurd
embroidery in topsoil, approx. 18 x 8m,
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Cultivating the Field of the Absurd
embroidery in topsoil, approx. 18 x 8 m,
Exhibition: Das Schöne leben (Living the Beautiful), Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg 1997
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Cultivating the Field of the Absurd
embroidery in topsoil, approx. 18 x 8m,
Exhibition: Das Schöne leben (Living the Beautiful), Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg 1997
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Moss Island Embroidered with Hair
substrate, natural moss, embroidered, synthetic hair, acrylic glass
exhibition Artworks Pertaining to Environmental Scuplture Dorsky Gallery, New York City, USA, 2000
Photo: © Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Moss Island Embroidered with Hair
Detail, substrate, natural moss, embroidered, synthetic hair, acrylic glass
exhibition Artworks Pertaining to Environmental Scuplture Dorsky Gallery, New York City, USA, 2000
Photo: © Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Embroidered in Ash, Vermilion Tongue
embroidery in situ Giardino di Daniel Spoerri, Monte Amiata, Seggiano, Italy, 1997
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Embroidered into the Odenwald Forest
embroidery in situ, 1996
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Embroidery into the Black Forest
embroidery in situ, 2000
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Ornament
cord embroidery, private park, Bordeaux, France 2003
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Moss Island IV
substrate, natural moss, embroidered, polyamide threads,
Exhibition: Something is Happening, Rosy Wilde, London, GB, 2003
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Cultivating the Field of the Absurd
model, 2006/12, mixed media, 50 x 56 x 20 cm
Exhibition: Unrealized Projects, DAAD Galerie, Berlin
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Copyright Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

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