Regine Ramseier - A Dandelion Ceiling

German artist Regine Ramseier created a gorgeous art installation by hanging 2000 dandelions down the ceiling.

All the flowers were first hand-picked by the artist herself; then each puff-ball had to be sprayed separately with an adhesive in order to prevent the fuzz from being blown away. All the dandelions were then installed into a special palette and transported to the installation room. Once they reached the destination, the artist hung the flowers down the  ceiling one by one.

Ramseier project Dandelion Ceiling was being exhibited as part of the ArTroll Summer Lab 2011.

I can relate to this artist in many ways, I have chosen Regine because as an artist she is not very known, she creates small and very beautiful exhibitions that speak a million words. A lot of her work leaves people wondering for days about what type of message she is trying to put out to people. Her work is simple and dainty, it isn't overpowering. I love dainty and simple exhibition spaces, her work is like a breath of fresh air. (if you don't have hayfever). The fact that the work is placed a white washed room, makes me think about the purity of the dandelions. If the work was to be placed against a black background my perception would be completely different, i would think of the dandelions bringing a meaning of something far more morbid and sinister. The dandelions are hung above heads,which is interesting normally when you have to look up at something whether it be a plane you heard in the sky or something a friend is telling you to watch out for, you always look at that something in awe and fascination, and that is exactly how i look at the dandelions. Dandelions are pretty much temporary they break apart in the wind and can be destroyed with a simple shake or blow, these dandelions have been sprayed with adhesive so that they cannot be changed from the state they were picked at. This is important because Regine as an artist is not trying to portray the point that dandelions can be destroyed, the art work is not based upon what will happen to the dandelions when they are left suspended in an open room but more about the beauty of there stance in mid air and how they would die while still intact.