Elizabeth Corkery: Installation Video

Rivalry Projects is thrilled to present Elizabeth Corkery: Well-Ripened Seeds, a solo exhibition of new works, which will be on view from April 26 - June 14, 2024.

Well-Ripened Seeds utilizes photographic and installation-based works to explore the ways in which the poaching, trade, and propagation of plants from colonized nations influenced the growth and development of imperial powers in the 19th Century. This exhibition pays specific attention to the industry and plant-powered commerce of the British Empire, and its effect on the development of bourgeois prosperity. As the 19th century progressed and labor moved out of the home, domestic interiors shifted to prioritize comfort, relaxation, and aesthetic interventions. This led to the investment in the decorative arts and the development of the domestic interior as we know it today.