Taking its title from a Soviet science-fiction story set on the imaginary planet Rainbow, this survey is drawn from the past ten years of Emily Floyd’s fifteen-year practice while also including new works devised specifically for Heide’s galleries and grounds. Utopian thinking of various types has been a continual source of inspiration for Floyd, and her work draws from the legacies of radical modernism, exploring ideas about community, activism and alternative education.
Floyd is widely known for her large-scale sculptures and public commissions referencing childrens’ educational toys. A new permanent outdoor sculpture, Abstract Labour, commissioned by Heide will be unveiled at the time of the exhibition.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Until 13 July, 2014
Melbourne
Social Insects, 2012, print, lithograph on paper, 95 x 67cm
Courtesy of the artists and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
