Western Courtyard, Ta Prohm, Cambodia, Linda Connor

Artwork Overview

Linda Connor, Western Courtyard, Ta Prohm, Cambodia
Linda Connor, Western Courtyard, Ta Prohm, Cambodia
Linda Connor
Western Courtyard, Ta Prohm, Cambodia
2003
Linda Connor
born 1944
Western Courtyard, Ta Prohm, Cambodia, 2003
Where object was made: Cambodia
Material/technique: gelatin silver print; gold-toned printing-out paper
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 8 x 10 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Museum of Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2008.0331
Not on display
Add to portfolio

If you wish to reproduce this image, please submit an image request

Images

Label texts

Collection Cards: Plants
This is an unusual tree. What makes it look curious? The tree in this photograph from Cambodia is called a Banyan. The seed of the Banyan sprouts in another tree, called the host tree. Eventually the Banyan can completely encase the host tree with its aggressive root system. The Banyan is also called the Strangler Fig. Why do you think it has that name? Look very closely at the site of this tree. Where is the tree growing?
Brosseau Center for Learning: Principles of Organismal Biology Fall 2019
When the seed of the Banyan or Strangler Fig (Ficus gibbosa) sprouts in a host tree, it develops as an epiphyte—a plant that grows on the host plant without being parasitic. Ultimately the Banyan can completely encase the host tree in its aggressive root system, as it has overwhelmed the temple foundations at Ta Prohm.
Exhibition Label: "Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture," Mar-2009, Steve Goddard When the seed of the Banyan or Strangler Fig (Ficus gibbosa) sprouts in a host tree, it develops as an epiphyte-a plant that grows on host plant without being parasitic. Ultimately the Banyan can completely encase the host tree in its aggressive root system, as it has overwhelmed the temple foundations at Ta Prohm.

Exhibitions

Brosseau Center for Learning: Principles of Organismal Biology Fall 2019
2019
Teaching Gallery: South and Southeast Asia
2011
Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture
Stephen Goddard, curator
2010–2011
Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture
Stephen Goddard, curator
2009–2011
Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture
Stephen Goddard, curator
2009

Citations

Woodard, Bill, ed., and Stephen Goddard, exhibition organizer. Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature and Culture. Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 2009.