Detail from Whisper in the Midst of Silence at The Other Art Fair, next weekend..."Of what use are the great number of petrifactions, of different species, shape and form which are dug up by naturalists? Perhaps the collection of such specimens is sheer vanity and inquisitiveness. I do not presume to say; but we find in our mountains the rarest animals, shells, mussels, and corals embalmed in stone, as it were, living specimens of which are now being sought in vain throughout Europe. These stones alone whisper in the midst of general silence..."
Carolus Linnaeus
Philosophia Botanica, 1751
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