Congratulations to IMANTS TILLERS who is a finalist in the Wynne Prize 2020! His work Prayer for rain will be on view at the AGNSW from 26 September.
Read Imants’ poignant artist statement below:
“A flower meadow is an unusual subject for an Australian landscape – we are more familiar with the harsh realities of fire, drought and flood. Yet such gentle, quiet and fecund places exist on our continent – notably in the subalpine areas of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. And indeed proximity to the summer meadows of the Kosciusko National Park was one of the reasons I moved with my family to Cooma, 25 years ago. But here the meadow of daisies is also a metaphor for the self. So we pray: ‘MINE THOU LORD OF LIFE,
SEND MY ROOTS RAIN’.”
Imants Tilers, Prayer for rain, 2020, synthetic polymer paint, gouache on 54 canvas boards, 227 x 212 cm