An entrancing entomologist and artist, Tessa Farmer engages herself in researching and exploring the life of natural history. She presents a fluttering, cluttering aesthetic of fairy creatures and magical taxidermy in her latest exhibition Nymphidia,which takes its name from Michael Drayton’s 17th century fairy poem. Influence from this book can be felt clearly in Farmer’s work, whose art is bursting at the seams with curiosities, literary references and art historical allusions. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >