Liquid skies/Gyrwynt, carpet
2023
- Medium
- wool
- Measurements
- 852.5 × 852.5 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Basel, Switzerland; Melbourne, Victoria; China
- Department
- Contemporary Art
- Credit Line
- Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased with funds donated by Alana Kirby on behalf of the Sun Foundation, and Brendan and Grace O'Brien, 2024
- Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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With an interest in visualising invisible phenomena, Franziska Furter has regularly returned to the weather as a subject matter in her work over the past two decades.
The powerful force of nature is made tangible in Liquid skies/Gyrwynt (meaning ‘hurricane’ in Welsh), which depicts a composite of multiple infrared satellite images of hurricanes. Within these wild and colourful visualisations is a tension between the beauty of vibrant imagery and the destructiveness of the natural disaster it represents. The soft rug invites audiences to rest and consider our place within the landscape.