Flotilla
Filipino artist Leeroy New presents a flotilla of boats made from recycled plastic. Floating above viewers, they speak to the nature of the Philippines as a country made up of many islands, in which water has a central place in everyday life. These fantastical forms could refer to the main type of transportation employed by people throughout the region for thousands of years, or they could reference Spanish arrival and colonisation from across the seas in the sixteenth century.In recent history, the waters and oceans around the Philippines provided the backdrop for conflicts during the Second World War. As such, these boats speak to the contested nature of our oceans, waterways, and the political nature of water in our lives, while for New, plastic as a material is symbolic of Filipino adaptability to change.
Leeroy New (1986 –)
Leeroy New: Philippinischer Multidisziplinärer Künstler, der Mode, Theater und bildende Kunst vereint. Bekannt für seine monumentalen 'Balete'-Skulpturen aus recycelten Materialien. Ausstellungen in Singapur & Fukuoka.
Biennale of Sydney (Sydney, Australien)
Als Australiens führendes zeitgenössisches Kunstfestival bietet die Biennale of Sydney transformative Themenausstellungen an ikonischen Orten der Stadt, die kritisches Reflektieren und globale künstlerische Innovation fördern.
Über dieses Kunstwerk
- Titel: Flotilla
- Künstler: Leeroy New
- Jahr: 2022
- Format: Landscape
- Urheberrechtlicher Status: Urheberrechtlich geschützt
- Ausstellung/Standort: Biennale of Sydney
- Farbpalette: Earthy
- Farbintensität: Monochromatic

