This piece is by Victor Meertens and is entitled Delvig. It was made in 1990. I am fascinated by it as the idea and its name came about from a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The whole genre and essence of the poem is that love triumphs over tyranny and i love the way the name and art is connected to something of meaning.
The artist is interested in freeing form into space rather than the formality of their immediate predecessors. The piece is accompanied by another piece called falchion. which refers to a broad edge sword of the same name.
Both are made from corrugated iron on wood armature. The artist is particularly known for dismantling, arranging and assembling pre existing materials of different origins and functions.
Another installation that really stood out for me was illumination fall weave 2004-06 by johnathan Jones. It is a totally different piece of work and a whole lot more subtle but it is just lovely.
It came about after the artist researched his Koori hertitage through early writings and museums. He interpreted aboriginal net making patterns as light installations and experimented on his mom's vintage sewing machine.
It is designed to be a conceptual framework for human connectivity, with the electricity pulsing through the woven wires creating one entity.The interplay of light is operating as a metaphor for the community. Electricity in the piece represents urbanisation but it may also represent the guiding spirits that linger after the demise of the physical body.
I love how deep and meaningful this piece is, without necessarily screaming it. It has representaion but in a subtle way and that is my favourite type of art.
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