Chocolate Cosmos, String of Pearls presents the dazzling mixed-media botanical collages of New York artist Jane Hammond. Alongside these collages, made over the last decade, the book features a foreword by gallerist John Berggruen, an extended essay by the award-winning biographer and historian Jenny Uglow and a new text by Hammond herself. These illuminate more than fifty of Hammond’s meticulous and spectacular compositions of flowers, grasses, seaweed, seeds, insects, birds and mammals of all description, coexisting in a blend of harmony and unsettling tension.
Chocolate Cosmos, String of Pearls is published in association with Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco and is part of the Hurtwood Artist & Gallery Series.
Each publication in the Hurtwood Artist & Gallery Series presents new, recent and selected works by a single artist working nationally and internationally today. Along with a foreword by an established art world professional, the series features specially commissioned essays and interviews with the artist by leading writers, art historians and curators, offering in-depth insight. Central to each publication are the exhibitions and galleries that help spotlight some of today’s most engaging artists.
