Perspective on a flat surface
2016
Medium
cotton, wool
Measurements
(226.0 × 385.0 cm)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Judith Neilson through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2021
Gallery location
Gallery 9
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Perspective on a flat surface was designed by John Wardle Architects and woven by Chris Cochius, Pamela Joyce, Jennifer Sharpe and Cheryl Thornton. Inspired by the work of sixteenth-century Italian architects and artists Andrea Palladio and Vincenzo Scamozzi, the design references the exaggerated perspectives seen in Palladio’s 1585 Teatro Olimpico building in Vicenza, Northern Italy and Scamozzi’s trompe-loeil street scenes. Through its shifting perspectives, the tapestry elicits varying tones of orange that culminate in a striking, bright yellow light.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Accession Number
2021.728
Department
Contemporary Design and Architecture