Aqueous Insects: Beetle Sagas Below the SurfaceThe Butterfly, or Swarm, series explores themes of transformation, fragility, and mortality through the symbolic and physical presence of butterflies suspended within water. Across cultures and histories, the butterfly has carried layered meanings regeneration, freedom, spirituality, and death most notably within Greek thought, where it is closely associated with the soul. These works engage with that symbolic lineage while grounding it in direct

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a snapshot view of the birth of a fire that has long been extinguished

’ but this literal description does not fully express its far deeper meaning

Kojin Taxi

Plate XIII

Water functions as both medium and meaning within the series

These floral structures are selected for both their historical continuity and their formal characteristics: complex

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7 inches / 48 x 48 x 7 cms

and not in its original 1902 form

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