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The first time I looked at a bee’s eye magnified I was amazed to see a field of hexagons, just like honeycomb. A coincidence or a clue? Is it simply that hexagons are ubiquitous in nature, or is there a deeper connection between the structure of the bee’s eye and the structure she builds - in other words, corresponding frequencies expressed through similarity of form? This got me pondering on the connection between perception and action as principles. At our deepest essential being, does soul purpose resonate with an intrinsic structuring, the ‘golden mean’ within us? As though revealing a secret, the scanning electron microscope presents a realm of structure, design and pattern at a level of intricacy we are oblivious to in our daily experience. In this bizarre frontier our sense of scale is confused, and connections between the micro and macro world become clearer and more tangible. In the myriad forms that constitute one little bee at higher and higher magnifications is a hint of the unending complexity of nature, the worlds within worlds comprising our reality. And then the realization – we are part of this too! It’s enough to rouse a mind to challenge itself; to inspire our best blend of observation and imagination, and apply it to making a better world. The ultimate pollinator, an alchemist transmuting nectar into honey, architect, spatial genius and winged apothecary, the honeybee has been revered and utilized by civilizations throughout time. Our sustenance is dependent on bee pollination for one third of what we eat. The plight of bees due to colony collapse disorder, pesticides, habitat loss, mites, and other issues is prompting us to wake up to their needs, their necessity to us, and to take responsibility for restoring and protecting their health. Honeybees live in a peaceful society whose industries benefit life. How can we emulate their example of harmlessness and beauty? For me, the honeybee symbolizes and embodies a congruency of form and function, vision and action, spirit and matter, all being of the same essence. I offer these photographs in celebration, respect and gratitude for all that they do and are. © Rose-Lynn Fisher 2010 Contact: Gallery:
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BEE all images and text © Rose-Lynn Fisher 2023 all rights reserved
click link to Bee installation pics on News/Events page
FILM 2023 Czech documentary film: All Ends Well, directed by Miroslav Janek. Includes images from Bee series
SOLO EXHIBITIONS of BEE 2014 Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Halifax, NS, Canada, BEE 2013 Museum of Science, Boston, The Honeybee Revealed 2012 Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art, Scranton, PA, BEEyond link 2012 Piermont Straus Gallery, Piermont, NY, Bee 2011 Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington DC. The Landscape of Bees link 2010 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, BEE link 2010 ML Bean Life Science Museum, BYU, Provo, UT, BEEyond link 2010 Farmani Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, BEE 2006 Brevard Museum of Art and Science (now Foosaner Art Museum), Melbourne, FL, Doggedly BEEyond GROUP EXHIBITIONS of BEE 2024 MUNKERUPHUS Contemporary Art, Denmark, Superorganisme link 2024 World Museum Liverpool, UK, BEES: A Story of Survival 2018 Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL The Human Insect: Antenna Architectures 1887 - 2017 link 2014 Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Beyond Earth Art: Contemporary Artists & the Environment review 2014 Cross-Mackenzie Gallery, Washington D.C. Space link 2013 Ganna Walska Lotusland, Santa Barbara, CA, Swarm: A Collaboration with Bees 2012 Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, Honey and the Hive 2012 Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL, UNNATURAL link 2011 Wave Hill, Bronx NY, Hive Culture: Captivated by the Honeybee 2004 United States Botanic Garden, Orangerie Gallery, Washington D.C. Great Pollinator Partnership
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