You
2018
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
180.0 × 150.0 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
Subjects (general)
Botanical Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
anthropomorphic branches (plant components) Eucalyptus (genus) flora (plants) leaves (plant components) women (female humans)