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You
 2018

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2018
© Juan Ford
Reproduction requests
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

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
180.0 × 150.0 cm
Accession Number
2018.1313
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2018
© Juan Ford
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Botanical Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
anthropomorphic branches (plant components) Eucalyptus (genus) flora (plants) leaves (plant components) women (female humans)

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Drop-by Drawing with Juan Ford | An archer
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