Flower Power is a summer-long, garden-wide exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden running from May 23 through October 18. The event transforms the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, outdoor lawns, gallery spaces, and artist-designed buses into a colorful celebration of flowers as symbols of peace, love, creativity, and environmental awareness. The centerpiece is an art show connecting flowers to cultural revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s, featuring paintings, photographs, posters, fashion, and archival materials. Highlights include three works by Andy Warhol, including his Flowers series, plus works by Milton Glaser, Joe Brainard, and Carlos Irizarry. Outdoor installations include a live-flower peace sign, Woodstock-inspired buses, fabric canopies, an interactive textile fence, and rainbow daisy sculptures, alongside psychedelic light shows and live folk music.
"Starting on Saturday, May 23, the Bronx institution will debut “Flower Power,” a sprawling, garden-wide exhibition that turns the gardens into a colorful celebration of flowers as symbols of peace, love, creativity and environmental awareness. The exhibition runs through October 18 and takes over everything from the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory to outdoor lawns, gallery spaces and even artist-designed buses scattered across the grounds."
"At the center of the exhibition is an art show that looks back to the cultural revolutions of the 1960s and '70s. Visitors will find paintings, photographs, posters, fashion and archival materials exploring how flowers became visual shorthand for everything from anti-war protests to environmental activism. Among the highlights are three works by pop art legend Andy Warhol, including his iconic Flowers series, alongside pieces by artists including Milton Glaser, Joe Brainard and Carlos Irizarry."
"Outside, a 15-foot-wide peace sign planted with live flowers greets visitors near the entrance. Colorful buses inspired by the decorated vehicles that carried festivalgoers to Woodstock will pop up throughout the Garden and the Conservatory Lawn will feature massive hand-painted fabric canopies, while an interactive textile fence invites visitors to contribute to a collaborative artwork inspired by the original Woodstock Festival. Monumental rainbow-colored daisy sculptures by artist Amie Jacobsen will bloom inside the Conservatory."
"The exhibition also touches on the era's fascination with spirituality and mind"
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