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For the exhibition KORN, Tue Greenfort was allowed to take several original cereal plants of different varieties from the show and propagation garden of the seed association VERN e.V. in order to create bronze casts of them in their entire appearance, including ear, stalk and leaves. Four of these casts will be exhibited in the old granary of Gut Kerkow, and a further six will be shown as part of a solo exhibition by the artist at Galerie König in Berlin.
Whether in pasta, bread, cakes or beer – we consume grains almost every day. Aside from the most commonly used hybrid grain varieties, such as wheat flour or bread wheat, ancient grains are slowly making a comeback. Native grains were cultivated many thousands of years ago, before they were almost completely displaced by the supposedly more efficient hybrid seed. However, there are many good reasons for reverting back to …
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Image above: courtesy of sp a c e d ou t, Exhibition Tue Greenfort KORN
