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Still life ghost story

By Clare Charnley 2006

Clare Charnley

Courtesy of
Botanical Gardens, Tallinn, Estonia

The cement mixer belonged to the gardens. It was truly old, from well back in Soviet times and extremely noisy. Many roses were picked every day and thrown away. Only the perfect just-about-to-open-fully ones were left. One of the people doing this told me stories of the roses histories and how their blood lines meshed with histories of wars and treaties, of fluctuating national boundaries and changing personal aspirations.
C C Clare Charnley

The best is still ahead

Untitled, Work made for The Anatomicum, Tartu, Estonia

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