We are excited to have acquired one of the seminal yBa art works, Anya Gallaccio's Red on Green, which caused a sensation when installed for the first time at the ICA in 1992.
Red on Green is Anya Gallaccio's most famous work and has been extensively exhibited across the world. It consists of ten thousand fragrant English tea roses. Ten thousand red roses are presented in a rectangle on a bed of their stalks. The title references the abstraction of Mark Rothko, whilst the passage of time transforms a symbol of romance into a memento mori. When first installed the work is a lush sea of red but over time the roses blacken and shrivel. A traditional vanitas subject is given an epic, contemporary remake.
May 25, 1997