You
2018
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
180.4 × 150.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2018
© Juan Ford
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
In his paintings, Melbourne-based artist Juan Ford engages with realism and explores our relationship with the natural world. Employing Ford’s signature realist technique, You depicts the figure of a woman entirely camouflaged in eucalyptus leaves and branches. The softly coloured gradient background suggests a sandstorm, giving the impression of the figure suddenly appearing in front of the viewer. With thousands of individual gum leaves in shades of grey-green, Ford painted the work from a life-sized sculptural model he created from found native Australian plants.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in black chalk on reverse c.r.: Juan Ford / 2018 / “You”
Accession Number
2018.1313
Department
Contemporary Art
Subjects (general)
Botanical Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
anthropomorphic branches (plant components) Eucalyptus (genus) flora (plants) leaves (plant components) women (female humans)