In her mixed-media paintings and drawings, artist Kristina Zimbakova from Macedonia often applies real fungi sourced from dry collections.
Source: macfungi.webs.com
My Eyes Will Burst Out
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Mixed media on hand-made paper (fungi, acrylic, textile); 20.5 x 35 cm. Year 2008.
Inspired by the poems ‘Munich Mannequins’ and ‘Mushrooms’ by Sylvia Plath.
Love
Image by: kriszimb
Mixed media (fungi Geastrum fornicatum, paper, acrylic, pastel, tempera); 14 x 17.5 cm. Year 2006.
Lascivious Butterfly
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Мixed media on paper (pastel, pencil, diverse fungi, wax, thread, acrylic); 27 x 41 cm. Year 2004.
The Rat’s Star
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Mixed media (raffia, acrylic, fungus Myriostoma coliforme) on paper. 30 x 68.5 cm. Year 2011. Informed by a central motif in in Anne Sexton’s poetry.
Troublous Wringing of Hands
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Mixed media on canvas (acrylic, a cultivated fungus Ganoderma lucidum, pastel); 62 x 38 cm. Year 2009. Based on the poem ‘Child’ by Sylvia Plath.