The work of Rebecca Louise Law is an installation in style so an entire exhibit is only classed as one piece, therefore making the individual work the main focus point. Her work “life in death” is a hanging piece where over 375,000 dried flowers are displayed on copper wire in a singular square room, the effect of this is enormous due to the fact that there is no one piece that you have to focus on. You could argue that each garland is an individual piece.

Being within the installation was an amazing experience, something that cameras can never fully capture as you cannot see the panoramic view or the depth in which the exhibition is based on. Being able to walk between the garlands created a particular atmosphere that is hard to describe, but the entire piece definitely wouldn’t have been so successful if it was created as a singular flat piece instead of an installation as the main enjoyment for the viewer was the ability to see the art from many different angles.
The question to consider would be whether each garland is an individual piece, they have all been thought out with colour schemes and textures in mind but individually they would probably look more like a decorative house wreath instead of a fine art piece; looking closer at this you can clearly see that the garlands work as a collective, the display within the room shows swaths of particular colours and textures that blend seamlessly around the room. Taking this into consideration you can see why the ability to take a photograph within this exhibition is hard as you cannot capture the panoramic view the entire way around the room as every different angle shows off a new collective of colours and textures placed together, therefore being able to walk around the exhibit is really the only true way to get a full understanding of the artwork.