Arranging Constance Spry – chorégraphie florale // Leisure

Arranging Constance Spry – chorégraphie florale
La Vitrine Atelier Daigneault/Schofield 2126, rue Rachel Est, Montréal
July-August 2013 juillet-aôut 2013

In 1926 society florist Constance Spry caused a “sensation” with her arrangement of collard greens, weeds and seed pods for the shop windows of Atkinsons, Bond Street perfumery. For the vitrine installation at 2126 rue Rachel Est, Leisure considers the choreography behind Spry’s arrangements, highlighting the improvisational gestures and supporting objects behind her brazen floral displays.

Leisure is a collaborative art and curatorial practice begun in 2004 by Meredith Carruthers and Susannah Wesley.