Yenda Carson
Illuminations (detail), 1996
Glass, silicone, light
Collection of the artist
© Yenda Carson, 1996. Licenced by VISCOPY, Sydney 2000
Yenda Carson installing Porous orientations 2000
Queensland Art Gallery
© Yenda Carson, 2000. Licenced by VISCOPY, Sydney 2000.
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|  | Yenda Carson creates large-scale sculptures and installations. The medium of glass is central to her artistic practice, although she also works with photography, works on paper and painting. |
| | Her abstract installations are metaphors for natural phenomena, symbolising the awe-inspiring beauty of both landscape and seascape. She often uses shards of shattered glass to evoke both danger and desire. This is a reference to the sublime landscapes of nineteenth century Romantic art. |
| | In her 1994 work, Channel, a glass floor piece is lit by an internal fluorescent light. The effect created is that of a luminous breaking wave or tunnel through which energy is channelled. |
| | Geographical and social contexts, as well as the actual site of installation, play a pivotal role in her work. In Porous orientations, glass shapes are suspended from the Gallery ceiling. Their shimmering abstract forms are derived from bodies of water encountered by Carson while living in Kowanyama on Cape York. |
Yenda Carson
Porous orientations, 2000
Queensland Art Gallery
© Yenda Carson, 2000. Licenced by VISCOPY, Sydney 2000.
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