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Bonfire of The Vanities LINE OF FIRE, CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, GENEVA

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Roots of Perception: Reflections on Michael Craig-Martin's 'An Oak Tree'

In the early 1970s Michael Craig-Martin created his famous sculpture An Oak Tree 1973. The work consists of a glass of water standing on a shelf. On the wall next to it a text by the artist argues that, despite what your eyes tell you, the glass of water is in fact an oak tree. In 2024 Charles Pigott acknowledged the Oak Tree and presented its roots. The work consist of giving space to the reflection of The Oak, by imagining the image of the glass of water to be seen standing under the shelf. Reflections deny the rules of gravity and that is true of our roots in humanity, even if we are oaks.