In his whimsical plant art installations, Duy Anh Nhan Duc repaints maple seeds in gold and transforms them into botanical dragonflies, as well as composing frescos based on bark or lichen and making mandalas from clover. To re-enchant the world, the artist adorns lotus fruit shells with crystal beads, and eggs with rose thorns. An alchemist of the natural world, he recreates new plant curiosities from raw materials that fascinate him. His favorite? The dandelion. Or more specifically, dandelion puffs, which fly away so easily when you blow on them... Duy Anh Nhan Duc regards these as his “kryptonite”, evoking “all the beauty of the world and at the same time its great vulnerability. Symbolizing freedom and untamed nature, it is a plant that blooms on almost the entire planet. It embodies a simple childhood pleasure, that of blowing on it to
