Forever – Bird Botanicals

“The viewer is confronted by what appears to be a flock of white doves that have flown directly into the wall. There is an ambiguity between the recognizable bird anatomy and the plant forms such as orchids and varying foliage that make up each amorphous shape on the wall. For this new body of work I continue to tap into the cultural symbolisms associated to white birds (freedom, purity, innocence) and the narrative of what it means for them to have flown directly into a wall. But I am more interested in what happens next, through time these birds begin to decompose, their transformation gives nutrients for new growth. I am contemplating the literal and the metaphorical transferring of energy from one body to another, nourishing new life. These Bird Botanicals are neither one nor the other, they are captured in an optimal state of chemical potential in space, time and matter.”

-David Constantino Salazar