cannabis: a microcosm of health
cannabis #1 (brain), 2012
REAL SIZE: 0.2 x 0.3 in
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" " of 20: 23 x 35 in $3,500
" " of 10: 46 x 69 in $11,500
cannabis
health
brain
seed
life
mind
hashish
marijuana
medicinal plant
health source
cannabinoids
psychoactive
antibacterial
analgesic
neuroscience
phytochemistry
phytopharmacology
neuropsychopharmacology
Traditional Chinese Medicine
cannabis #2 (health source 1), 2012
REAL SIZE: 0.44 x 0.66 in
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cannabis #3 (health source 2), 2012
REAL SIZE: 0.47 x 0.71 in
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" " of 10: 46 x 69 in $9,500
cannabis #4 (pain free), 2012
REAL SIZE: 0.7 x 1.0 in
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" " of 10: 46 x 69 in $9,500
cannabis #5 (Epicurus's garden), 2012
REAL SIZE: 0.07 x 0.10 in
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" " of 20: 23 x 35 in $2,500
" " of 10: 35 x 52 in $7,000
cannabis #6 (bananas), 2012
REAL SIZE: 0.6 x 0.9 in
Limited Edition of 30: 12 x 17 in $300
" " of 20: 23 x 35 in $1,700
" " of 10: 35 x 52 in $5,500
cannabis #7 (health source 3), 2012
REAL SIZE: 0.28 x 0.42 in
Limited Edition of 30: 12 x 17 in $400
" " of 20: 17 x 26 in $1,500
" " of 10: 23 x 35 in $4,000
cannabis #8 (bubbles of health), 2012
REAL SIZE: 0.06 x 0.09 in
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cannabis #9 (exoplanets), 2012
REAL SIZE: 0.0064 x 0.0096 in
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cannabis: a microcosm of health
This series shows unprecedented microspaces of a botanical, medicinal, cultural, and nutritional universe, the Cannabis sativa. An homage to the occult and little known potential of these fragments of nature, source of health and a target in phytopharmacology and neuroscience.
I express them in a intimate vision, as suggestive encounters in a trip to the microcosm of this plant, in different life cycles, from its germination to its flowering and reproduction.
The shape of its seed like a brain, brings to mind its psychotropic effects, and the role that the cannabis plays in neuropsychopharmacology and in the neuroscience in general.
Its root bursts vigorously and, in the sublime instant of the germination, its cotyledons rise and its true leaves open like wings about to take flight. One can't help but think of the cultural connotations of its use as a recreational drug.
Delicate spheres on top of poky promontories emerging from the skin, they are the trichomes, like a minute epicurean garden, acting as a true pharmacological reserve of dozens of different cannabinoids.
Like a bunch of bananas, the sporangia hang from the stamina of the male flower. Each contains thousands of microspheres of life, some shining like soap bubbles, and others they are shown as exoplanets.
Microlandscapes of health inside a tiny plant world.
Antonio Romero
life,
health,
hashish,
cannabis,
marijuana,
cannabinoids,
health source,
medicinal plant,
psychoactive
psychotropic,
antibacterial,
analgesic,
hiv/aids,
anorexia,
insomnia,
glaucoma,
Alzheimer disease,
neuroscience,
phytochemistry,
phytopharmacology,
Traditional Chinese Medicine,
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