Martin Boyce We Are The Breeze (Electric Trees), 2006
Brass, metal (lacquered), fluorescent lamp
325 x 545 cm overall
Spread over an entire wall, Martin Boyce’s We Are The Breeze (Electric Trees) uses a specific visual vocabulary drawn from modernist design to transform a sense of nature into a dramatic sculptural installation. Large brass letters, spelling out “Electric Trees” in the artist’s own distinctive font, tumble across the wall as though blown there by a breeze. Three fluorescent lamps shielded by angular black shades punctuate the rising and falling letters, lending weight and anchorage to the work.
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