G2-02 Flowers for Zaha

Flowers for Zaha is a stained glass folding screen composed by Brian Clarke in memory of his friend, the architect, Zaha Hadid. It was produced with a technique that excludes the lead cames that traditionally support and join the panels of stained glass windows, allowing them to freely interact with their surroundings.

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Flowers for Zaha is a stained glass folding screen composed by Brian Clarke in memory of his friend, the architect, Zaha Hadid. It was produced with a technique that excludes the lead cames that traditionally support and join the panels of stained glass windows, allowing them to freely interact with their surroundings.

In the 2020 catalogue Brian Clarke: The Art of Light, Paul Greenhalgh writes:

'Sometimes, darkness becomes a place. In Flowers for Zaha, the exotic, elegant lightness of the screen is interrupted by the already-mentioned single black square in the centre-left. This is not simply an aesthetic ploy. It represents the shocking death of his dear friend Zaha Hadid who passed away in Miami and is, in many ways, a quiet gesture that acknowledges the impossibility of describing such loss, beyond the void. The red orchid against the black ground marks both the presence and absence of a loved one.'

Flowers for Zaha exists in an edition of 10 unique variants plus 3 artist's proofs, published by HENI.

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