The Botanical Grotesque:Interspecies Care, Power, and Vegetal mythologies in Contemporary Art

Palgrave Macmillan eBooks 2026 Book chapter

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Authors: Anette Vandsø
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-09364-6_9
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Abstract

Contemporary art teems with grotesque plants, plants that are exaggerated in scale, and estranged from their natural environments, and balance the humorous, the absurd, and the tragic

Fields of Study & Subjects

Art Politics and Modernism Visual Culture and Art Theory Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature

Publication details

Journal / source
Palgrave Macmillan eBooks
Publication date
19 May 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Book chapter