Queen of the Night/Selencereus grandiflorus (its large flowers only open at night, fully when it is completely dark, closing at the first light of dawn), 2026 — Installation view.1 / 4

Stacy Lynn WaddellStranger

Sep 3 – Oct 24, 2026 Jackson Square

Two large gilded floral works on handmade paper, the first in a new series.

The series takes its name from James Baldwin’s 1953 essay “Stranger in the Village” and uses flowers as stand-ins for the body. Waddell builds the round, four-foot pieces from handmade paper and pastiglia, a Renaissance relief technique, finished in silver and 22-karat gold leaf.