Liquid Skies / Gyrwynt, 2023, wool, textile, 850 x 850 cm
Haku, 2023, glass beads, nylon, metall, 3200 threads, variable dimensions
The installation consists of two works: Liquid Skies / Gyrwynt, a carpet on the floor and Haku, 3200 strings of beads hanging from the ceiling. The Installation is developed for this specific space in correspondance with the surrounding 19th century paintings from the NGV collection (the main inspiration is the painting ‚Falls of Schaffhausen‘ by JMW Turner). It is part of ‚Magic, Matter, Memory‘, the third Triennial at NGV in Melbourne.
Haku and Liquid Skies / Gyrwynt and
Hans Gude, After the storm, Norwegian coast, 1888, oil on canvas, 147 x 247,5cm
Haku and Liquid Skies / Gyrwynt and
J.M.W. Turner, Falls of Schaffhausen, 1845, oil on canvas, 91,5 x 122cm
Liquid Skies / Gyrwynt, close-up
Liquid Skies / Gyrwynt, close-up
Opening Day
Opening Day
J.M.W. Turner, Falls of Schaffhausen, 1845, oil on canvas, 91,5 x 122cm
from the NGV Collection
Keeley Halswelle, The heart of the Coolins, Isle of Skye, 1886, oil on canvas, 112,8 x 184cm
from the NGV Collection
Peter Graham, After the Massacre of Glencoe, 1889, oil on canvas, 123,2 x 175,8cm
from the NGV Collection
Henry Moore, Outside the harbour, 1872, oil on canvas, 107 x 182,6cm
from the NGV Collection