Flowers and Their Meanings: The Secret Language and History of Over 600 Blooms (a Flower Dictionary)

Karen Azoulay is a Canadian born, Brooklyn-based artist and author whose projects have been featured and reviewed in publications such as the New York Times, New Yorker, Hyperallergic, and Vogue. Azoulay incorporates performance, photography, sculpture and video into her art. She has a fascination with floral symbolism and secret messages are often embedded in her work. Inspired by "feminine" motifs, Azoulay explores cultural phenomena that have historically been overlooked with the purpose of recontextualizing and championing them.