Fredericks & Freiser is happy to current Fixed Bloom, the primary U.S. exhibition of Lucas Foglia’s new photographic sequence. Over the previous 4 years, Foglia adopted Painted Girl butterflies on the not too long ago found longest butterfly migration, turning it into a strong metaphor for connection throughout worldwide borders. The mission acquired a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship.
For tens of millions of years, Painted Girl butterflies have migrated between Africa, the Center East, and Europe seeking wildflowers. As local weather change shifts when and the place wildflowers bloom, these butterflies depend on our parks, farms, and gardens to outlive. Fixed Bloom weaves collectively the story of this delicate but decided species with that of individuals. It attracts parallels between Painted Girl butterflies and refugees who comply with comparable routes seeking security and sustenance. The sequence gives a message of hope and resilience within the face of environmental and geopolitical uncertainty.
This gallery exhibition coincides with a guide launch from Nazraeli Press and a solo museum exhibition at Fotomuseum Den Haag. Curator Willemijn van der Zwaan writes, “Fixed Bloom initially appears easy—a documentation of a butterfly migration—however quickly reveals itself as a profound reflection on interconnectedness, displacement, and adaptation.”
