{"product_id":"ilana-halperin-the-rock-cycle-stromatolites-2026","title":"Ilana Halperin The Rock Cycle (stromatolites), 2026","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIlana Halperin\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Rock Cycle (stromatolites), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 colour lithograph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition of 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned and numbered by the artist on the front\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e28 x 38 cm unframed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e£180 \/ £280 inc tax (unframed\/ framed in oak)\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"BasicParagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis new stone lithograph, made to celebrate the artist’s current solo exhibition at Fruitmarket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e What is Us and What is Earth \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith Edinburgh Printmakers, draws on ideas embedded in the sculptural constellation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Rock Cycle (from stromatolites to diamonds),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2026: a work that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebrings fossils, new grown cave objects, Scottish marble and Herkimer Diamonds (ancient quartz crystals from upstate New York) together to foster unexpected connections between early life forms and potential deep time futures. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"BasicParagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the stone used in lithography is composed of limestone, and in turn limestone is composed of calcium carbonate lifeforms including stromatolites, this new work joins the deep time calcium carbonate family tree that we are also a part of through our teeth and bones.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e“When we went to the quarry in Ledmore, Simon explained that around 535 million years ago, the marble here mostly began as stromatolite-bearing limestone. Stromatolites are among the first traces of organic life on earth. They are the reason we can breathe. The stromatolites died, were crushed, compressed, turned into limestone and cooked by new rock that ground its way through fissures in the dolostone (a near relation of limestone), and marble occurred. Across the Atlantic in upstate New York, a similar process happened, and then Herkimer Diamonds grew in pockets in the dolostone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eNow, different branches of this carbonate family are meeting. We are part of this conglomerate family too – a deep time calcium carbonate family tree stretching from stromatolites all the way to our teeth and bones. A different form of generational understanding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eWe are all chimeras. There are cells from our grandmothers, uncles, brothers, sisters and mothers living inside of all of us. But can we go further – do we have memories of the material we are made of (we are made of star stuff…) Of limestone and tuff, of calcium carbonate and coral, of ammonites. What about cells, about atoms, about mountains? Of mineral memories? I am sure this is not scientifically accurate, but could it be something else accurate, a possibility?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eMountains and rocks, which remind us they are the product of the living, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ecan become reanimated again, an infinite source of narratives, deeply \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eembedded in our connected identities. Can looking more closely at our geologic neighbours help us to connect in felt, material and corporeal ways to our place in the deep time story, help us care about our deep time family?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– Ilana Halperin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"fruitmarketbookshop","offers":[{"title":"Unframed","offer_id":57891491086720,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed","offer_id":57891491119488,"sku":null,"price":280.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/6332\/9713\/files\/framed.png?v=1778148636","url":"https:\/\/fruitmarketbookshop.myshopify.com\/products\/ilana-halperin-the-rock-cycle-stromatolites-2026","provider":"fruitmarketbookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}