I am a hill: where poets walk
(2018)
from the Sacks of wind: a rock harder than rock (2018)
Medium
oil on glass, bronze, steel
Measurements
65.0 × 65.1 × 2.5 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2019
© Clare Milledge, courtesy of Station Gallery
Gallery location
Gallery 9
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Clare Milledge’s work often deals with shamanic traditions, prehistory, nature, magic and the environment. These three works are part of the series Sacks of Wind: A Rock Harder Than Rock and are created in the technique of Hinterglasmalerei (German for reverse glass painting). Each title represents a line from poet Robert Graves’s interpretation of ‘The Song of Amergin’ from the Irish Mythological Cycle. According to the tale, Amergin was a prehistoric bard, druid and judge who enabled the Milesians to conquer Ireland by singing an invocation, which parted a mystical storm and enabled their ship to land safely.
Artwork Details
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Nonrepresentational Art
Subjects (specific)
circles (plane figures) colours (hues or tints) lines (artistic concept) shape (form attribute)