Just as flowers take root in graveyards, the lavish, colorful installations of the Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson reflect nature’s beauty while revealing dark truths, particularly relating to colonialist legacies. A monumental glass peacock and a glittering flock of sculptural vultures are among the elements in her site-specific project, titled “. . . things come to thrive . . . in the shedding . . . in the molting . . . ,” at the New York Botanical Garden. (Opens May 27.)
May 19, 2023
