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San Diego Based Fine Art Gallery Symbolic Collection to Present Photography By D

r. Jonathan Singer at Art San Diego


Acclaimed for his exquisite photographs of single blooms of the world’s rarest pla
nts that became the components of a five-volume set of books presented in the Sm
ithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
San Diego, CA, September 03, 2010 -- Symbolic Collection announced today they wi
ll be featured at ART SAN DIEGO Contemporary Art Fair (Hilton San Diego Bayfront
: One Park Boulevard, San Diego, California, Booth #35). While Symbolic Collecti
on has two new locations in San Diego with a fine art gallery in La Jolla and So
rrento Vallery, there is another seasoned gallery in London called Scream London
and a New York City project space located in the Fuller Building. Symbolic Coll
ection consists of extraordinary pieces from the worlds of underground, pop cult
ure, and fine art, music and entertainment memorabilia, watches and clocks, deco
rative arts and objet d’art. At ART SAN DIEGO, they will feature the acclaimed pho
tography of Dr. Jonathan Singer. A truly eccentric artist, Singer has an eye for
capturing nature with his Hasselblad digital camera to produce images that look
like the product of old master painters of the 1600s.
The recipient of the Linnaeus silver medal, Singer has been recognized for marry
ing art and science. He became the first photographer in history and fourth Amer
ican to earn this award in its 104 year history, and to be known for marrying ar
t with science in botanical photography. Singer is the recipient of a Hasselblad
Prize Laureate, an international photography prize regarded as one of the most
coveted awards in the field today.
Singer has been named the Artist in Residence at the Huntington Botanical Garden
in Pasadena and will be officially declared on October 19th. In addition to thi
s honor, Dr. Singer has created a set of images exclusively for the Huntington k
nown as the Huntington 100 or the H100. Prints from that series will be availabl
e exclusively by Symbolic Collection.
Known for his exquisite large-scale prints in Botanica Magnifica, a five-volume
set of books that feature single blooms of 250 of the world’s rarest plants create
d and presented only for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural
History in Washington, D.C.
“Just as the finest classical painter attempted to make his brush stroke invisible
, I attempt to capture these botanical specimens with a clarity and humility bec
oming an instrument serving a higher force,” said Singer. “Many of the most unusual
species seen in Botanica Magnifica seem to be alien life forms but really are tr
ue treasures of our home planet.”
Please click here to see to an interview from CBS National News: http://www.cbsn
ews.com/video/watch/?id=4937453n
In September 2009, Singer joined with Dr. Kress and Hachadourian to create a col
laborative book called Botanica Magnifica: Portraits of the World’s Most Extraordi
nary Flowers and Plants (Abbeville Press, September 2009). The book features pho
tographs by Singer and text by Dr. Kress and Hachadourian.
“This is an extraordinary opportunity for people to access one of the most exclusi
ve photographers in the world and bring his work right into their homes or offic
es,” said Ryan Crowley, Director and Curator of Symbolic Collection. “We are honored
to work with Singer, a photographer of this caliber – the Rembrandt of photograph
y. His contribution to art history and meteoric rise to fame are nothing short o
f spectacular. His images will live on forever.”
Symbolic Collection has always enjoyed a passion for the unique, specializing in
investment quality, luxury collectibles. Symbolic Collection is one division of
Symbolic World, which includes Symbolic Motors - the world s leading purveyor o
f exotic and luxury automobiles, and Symbolic Watch - an International leader in
the high-end, complicated watch and clock industry. The gallery in La Jolla is
open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Sorrento Valley space is
by appointment only. http://www.symboliccollection.com, http://www.screamlondon
.com, http://www.symbolicmotors.com, http://www.symbolicwatch.com
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