Saskia Groneberg - Buropflanze (Office Plant) Libraryman and technical execution

and technical execution

as the starting point for an analysis of the complications of sculptural and political art

and is published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at de Appel arts centre in Amsterdam in fall 2015

Originally self-published by American artist Neke Carson in 1973

Saskia Groneberg - Buropflanze (Office Plant) Libraryman and technical executionSaskia Groneberg casts an ironic but tender gaze at those plants which find their often unappreciated destiny in the bland, in between spaces of offices. Lit by fluorescent bulbs, perched on filing cabinets, or dangling from dropped ceilings, these flora blend unobtrusively into the background of the rational office world. The greenery ornamental succulents and cacti, climbing vines, and all manner of Sansevieria grows and sprawls over tables and