Mangrove Poem – Emily Floyd

Mangrove Walk East

Emily Floyd’s Mangrove Poem is a two-part installation for Brisbane’s Mangrove Walk, part of the Queens Wharf development.

ln her signature style, Emily Floyd has embraced the use of vibrant colour and dynamic form to create a place of civic optimism and shelter, where ideas and ecology are illuminated.

Visitors to the Mangrove Walk are first greeted by an iconic mangrove dweller, the Sacred Kingfisher in tones of glossy blue.

At the second walkway platform, visitors encounter a social seating installation created from the words ‘ALL SHAPE’, a poetic fragment drawn from the Australian poet and historic Queensland figure Judith Wright’s 1963 poem ‘Five Senses’, continuing the artist’s interest in creating alternative civic monuments, transforming literary fragments into spaces of discovery and enquiry.

Emily Floyd is represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery

Mangrove Poem - Emily Floyd

The Artist

Emily Floyd is an internationally-acclaimed Australian artist whose works can be found in prestigious collections all over the world, including the National Gallery of Australia and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Working in sculpture, installation, printmaking and public art, Floyd is renowned for her text-based sculptures and pedagogically-inspired works which combine formal concerns with an interest in the legacies of modernism. Her work engages a wide range of disciplines and endeavours including public art and social activism, design and typography, literature and cultural studies, community participation and public education. Drawing parallels between educational models and contemporary art, Floyd’s bold and seductive colourful works generate spaces for social engagement and interaction whilst provoking discussions about contemporary social, cultural and political ideas.

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