Wall of Nature

The photographic artworks of Wall of Nature, colorfully sophisticated and visually captivating, paints impressionistic image into the imagination of the viewers

“Wall of Nature” (2019 – present) is Viet Ha’s latest and most extensive photographic work to date (featuring around 70 pieces and continuously expanding). The series takes cues from the vertical gardens in Madrid, Spain. This epic garden, designed by French botanist Patrick Blanc in 2008, is one of the world’s lushest living walls to date. Over 250 species are represented on the living wall in a mass of over 15,000 plants for the miniature oasis. The vertical garden resembles a piece of environmental graffiti as much as it is a botanical piece. The pattern of colors, is a fascinating combination of art, architecture and botany.

In the Wall of Nature series, contrasting colors meld into one another, weaving and swirling from the top to the bottom of each frame. Blue blends into orange, which, in turn, transforms into red, then yellow, pink and purple. Here , I took reference from impressionism and abstraction, applying them – with a touch of psychedelia – to one of the world’s most lush human made walls.