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ALLIUM NEAPOLITANUM – NAPLES GARLIC

Allium Neapolitan is a cellular work by Rob Kesseler.

A microfine section cut through the stem of a wild garlic plant collected in Portugal, was stained in

Toluide Blue, a metachromtaic stain. Cell walls containing pectin stain pink to reddish purple, while those containing lignin stain various shades of blue or blue green. Nuclei stain blue to greenish blue. The vascular cells which transport water and ions appear purple.

Originally magnified X400, 55 individual frames were assembled to create the final image.

Allium neapolitanum

About the artist:

Rob Kesseler is an award-winning visual artist and Emeritus Professor of Art, Design & Science at Central Saint Martins, London, For the past twenty-five years he has worked extensively with botanical scientists and molecular biologists around the world to explore the living world at a microscopic level with solo exhibitions in the UK, North & South America, Greece & Germany. Fellowships include: 2002 -05 NESTA Fellow at Kew, 2010, Year of Biodiversity Fellow at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal, 2014 winner of the Royal Microscopical Society Scientific Imaging Competition, 2022 1^st Prize, Botanic Garden Rome, Arts & Science Synergy Foundation. EU Horizon 2020. Collaborators include The Jodrell Laboratory Kew, The John Innes Centre, Norwich, and the Max Planck Institute, Germany.

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Ken artspace is a small new art space in the heart of Kennington.

Run by artists and founders Rob Kesseler and Agalis Manessi is

dedicated to a mix of occasional exhibitions, window installations

and pop-up events.

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