When you first look at the collection of sculptures, you might think that the bonsai planted inside these Chinese porcelain vases have grown too big for their vessels and are looking to spread their branches out to get some fresh air. It looks a bit shocking to imagine that a bonsai tree would have enough force to break out of a porcelain vase, but Patrick Bergsma, the Netherland-based artist responsible for these sculptures, actually collected dead or sick bonsai and molded them together with broken porcelain vessels to depict a story.
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The collection is part of Bergsma’s Expanding China series which was inspired by his interest of antiques and was titled as such since both the porcelain and bonsai used in his sculptures originated from China. Through this collection, he wanted to express the contrast between art and nature, with the fragments of porcelain juxtaposed with the bonsai trees. More on this from My Modern Met.
(Image credit: Patrick Bergsma/Instagram)
Source: neatorama