The Weather #2 view 1, 2010, Valerie Sparks
Pigment ink-jet print, 200cm x 70cm
Provenance: Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne.
Melbourne artist Valerie Sparks is interested in the history and aesthetics of immersive environments, including frescos, glass houses, stereoscopic photographs, French scenic wallpapers from the 1800s and contemporary 3D light based installations. Her projects are large scale prints and deeply felt installations. Valerie has exhibited extensively with a consistent practice and process of investigation. She was the winner of the 2016 Bowness Photography Prize. Her work is in a number of major collections including the NGA and NGV.
Artist Statement
The ‘this weather’ series focuses on the beauty, seductiveness and sense of danger of the sea and on the growing anxiety around erratic weather patterns that we are vulnerable to. By bringing different times and locations into the same visual field I create an impossible but seamless and seductive place. In 'this weather 2' a strange light emanates as the storm advances, obliterating the horizon as it is sucked up into the sky. (1)
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