The Garden — A group exhibition

 
 

The Garden gathers artists whose work draws from the symbolic, spiritual, and impermanent qualities of the natural world. Through poetry, myth, and quiet material gestures, these works imagine nature not as resource or scenery, but as a space of transformation—a site where beauty and decay are inseparable, and where meaning is continually remade.

The garden, in this context, is not a fixed location but a threshold: between the visible and the unseen, the real and the remembered. The artists in this exhibition explore the land as story and symbol, weaving together personal and ancestral mythologies, rituals of tending, and the fragile cycles of life and loss. Their works echo the seasons—blooming, withering, returning—each one a meditation on impermanence, intimacy, and wonder.

Rather than offer resolution, The Garden invites stillness and reflection. In a time marked by urgency and erasure, these pieces slow the gaze and soften the boundary between human and more-than-human worlds. They remind us that nature is not elsewhere—it is within us, around us, and always in motion.

Aligned with Prairie’s mission to nurture poetic, thoughtful practices and expand access to meaningful cultural experiences, The Garden creates space for quiet encounter, for reverence, and for return.

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This project is supported by The Generator Fund, a grant for artists administered by The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art and funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

 
 
 
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