Daisy Patton – Flowers, Fruits, and Birds

Daisy Patton: Flowers, Fruits, and Birds explores the intersection of personal memory and intergenerational histories through vibrant floral interventions on found and archival photographs. About Drawing from found photographs, archival imagery, and decorative traditions, Patton transforms portraits through vibrant floral interventions and embellishment, reintroducing women from the past as figures suspended between eras. The exhibition title references a passage from The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, in which women are metaphorically associated with flowers, fruits, and birds. Patton reclaims these symbols, revealing them not only as markers of beauty and fragility, but also as emblems of growth, resilience, and creation. Daisy Patton, Untitled (Five Patterned Women on the Ledge with White Flowers) (detail), 2021, oil on archival print. Courtesy of the artist. Read more Toggle Mixed media Painting