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NAKED FLORA AT THE ADELAIDE BIENNIAL

"In Naked Flora, Cardoso’s exploration of the reproductive morphology of flowering plants treats sex and reproduction not as taboo topics but purely as the facts of the science of nature. Her use of deep-focus photography to capture parts of flowers frozen in time continues the tradition of natural history through museology and artificialia, the most famous examples being the Harvard glass flowers, or, closer to home, the papier mâché models of fruits and fungi in the Museum of Economic Botany (Adelaide)".

Kanellos, Tony. “Maria Fernanda Cardoso.” Divided World. http://adelaidebiennial.com.au/2018/artist/maria-fernanda-cardoso/ (18/7/2019).