Broken Wing by Roberta Fineberg, Contemporary Photography of Butterflies

  From the transformative to the ephemeral, the birth and death of a butterfly with a broken wing is reimagined in this photo series by Roberta Fineberg inspired by a poem by the 13th Century Persian poet Rumi who wrote: ‘Whatever you know, or don’t - only love is real’. The artist Roberta Fineberg explores the natural and man-made world in which a caterpillar breaks free of its skin for a metamorphosis. Hatching into an exquisite creature, a vibrant butterfly sips nectar from flower to flower - enjoying a short sweet life.Broken Wing, 2017 by Roberta Fineberg is signed, titled, dated, a 24" x 18" archival pigment print on baryta paper in an edition of 5. Provenance: RF Archive ***Artist's Bio: As a visual artist, Roberta Fineberg (RF) focuses on the themes of serendipity, inventiveness, and the development of ideas for her photography, video, installations, works on paper, and painting. Drawn to experimentation, she explores diverse mediums and concepts such as the ephemeral