Five large-scale sculptures by Polish American artist Olga Ziemska have been created exclusively for an exhibition, Of the Earth, at The Morton Arboretum.
The exhibition explores the artist’s expression and philosophy that, she says, “We are nature.” Ziemska said she aims to remind people that “everything in life is derived from the same basic elements that form everything in nature, including ourselves. There is no separation.” In Polish, Ziemska means “of the earth.”
The artist’s work was created from reclaimed and pruned tree branches and other natural materials gathered throughout the Arboretum’s 1,700 acres. “I am giving reclaimed natural materials a new life and transforming them from nature into new forms,” Ziemska said.
The exhibition will run through spring 2025.
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