Silver Seed

A series of silver gelatin prints of large-format photographs taken using an electro-scanningmicroscope unveils the unique inner beauty of the tiny seed of the GiantSequoia. This elegant exhibition catalog - beautifully printed and bound - does fulljustice to the exquisitely detailed photos of Scottish-born, London-based Gallaccio,who was short-listed for the Turner prize in 2003. Focusing on the unseen internallandscapes of natural materials - flowers, fruit, water, grass - Gallaccio createsinstallations that are more like events than photographs, due to the unpredictablenature of the material she works with. The oversized format lets the viewer recreatethe artist's experience of discovery through the microscope.