{"product_id":"matthew-beach-wallpaper","title":"Matthew Beach: William Morris and Roberto Burle Marx on Holiday at Charleston House","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe wallpaper produced for Matthew Beach’s exhibition \u003cem\u003eThe Herbarium’s Shadow \u003c\/em\u003eis available to buy as an artist edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThis wallpaper pattern draws influence from Matthew Beach’s lived experience, artistic practice, and research into visual imaginaries of tropical and subtropical plants. \u003cem\u003eThe Herbarium’s Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e presented a public culmination of research and process predicated on the intersection of two events: a home renovation and an artist residency in the Amazon rainforest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: start;\" class=\"\"\u003eWhile trekking through the jungle, Matthew Beach learned about the symbiotic relationships between Philodendron species and different species of scarab beetles and ants. This wallpaper pattern works to bring these ideas into the domestic sphere, and also asking how new interspecies relations might be possible between houseplants such as Philodendron, and scarab beetles such as Geotrupes mutator (violet dor beetle). The violet dor beetle makes an appearance within the wallpaper on the Philodendron flowers (or inflorescences). Such interspecies possibilities are relevant as recent reports by Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee have highlighted the increasing decline of UK Dung beetles, whose ecological niches provide vital ecosystem services such as reducing pasture fouling and soil compaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe wallpaper comes in square sheets (1.25 x 1.25m), which are printed to order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eYou can find out more about Matthew Beach’s exhibition \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sanmeigallery.co.uk\/exhibitions\/matthew-beach-herbariums-shadow\" target=\"\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWilliam Morris and Roberto Burle Marx on Holiday at Charleston House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Beach, 2021\u003cbr\u003estandard wallpaper, 120gsm\u003cbr\u003esheet dimensions: 125cm x 125cm\u003cbr\u003e£36 per sheet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"San Mei Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40173726695509,"sku":"SQ7235698","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/6665\/3781\/products\/Screenshot_2021-04-01_at_12.04.39-small.jpg?v=1658483293","url":"https:\/\/sanmeigallery.myshopify.com\/products\/matthew-beach-wallpaper","provider":"San Mei Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}