Jul 23, 2012 6:30 AM

Gallery: Artists Create Giant Portraits on Live Grass

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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Myles, Basia, Nath and Alesha*, four panels, 3.8 m x 1.7 m, The Big Chill Festival, Eastnor Castle, England. 2007*
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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Field Study *Special Commission, National Eisteddfod, Wales. 2003*

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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Testament*, 8 m x 6 m. Terra Vulnerabili, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy. 2010*
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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Here and There*, five panels, 4 m x 1.8 m Mostra SESC des Artes, São Paulo, Brazil. 2008.*

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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Afterlife*, six panels, 5 m x 1.8 m Beaconsfield, London, England. 2001.*
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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* L’altro Lato *(The Other Side) Laboratorio Aperto, Bussana Vecchi, Italy. 1990.*

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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Park Ave + Resident*, 3 m x 2 m. Void Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland. 2011.*
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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Mother & Child*, 1.8 m x 1.2 m (negative 1998). First commissioned for Santa Barbara Museum of Art, United States. 1999. Shown in* Presence *at the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, Boston, Massachusetts. 2001.*

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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Mother & Child *(negative 1998). Comparative study, fresh grass, dried 'stay-green' grass & normal grass dried and faded. The Artists studio, Surrey, England. 2000.*
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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Dan*, 1.8 m x 1.2 m. Fresh grass. Commissioned for Musee de l' Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland. 1999.*

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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Dan*, 1.8 m x 1.2 m. Musee de l' Elysee Lausanne, Switzerland. 1999.*
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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Supernatural (after di Cosimo) *33 ft x 15 ft. Chicago Public Art Program, Chicago, Illinois. 2003.*

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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* Presence *(detail) , Special Exhibitions, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts. 2001.*
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*Ackroyd & Harvey.* View from the Roof *Pleasure Garden, Nottingham Castle Museum, Nottingham, England. 2004.*

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