Cultivator

Artwork: Kelly Akashi, Cultivator (Regeneration), 2024

A beautiful new work by Kelly Akashi that will be on view at Art Basel in Paris, titled Cultivator (Regeneration). Akashi wrote this about the piece: “The roses in my garden bloom in May, and I treasure their short-lived scent and many stages of beauty. This year, after I thought they had all been exhausted, I was surprised to see two new roses had emerged unexpectedly. This year has been full of surprises, difficult, enriching, and all of them humbling. I took these unexpected roses as a lesson, and made Cultivator (Regeneration) to hold and share their lesson: that new life can surprise us after loss.”