Peter Peryer
Umbrella, Fiji
Artwork Detail
The photograph Fiji Umbrella plays with shifts in scale and visual expectation. One sees immediately that the photograph is an image of a beach frontage where people go to relax, but it seems mysteriously abandoned. Traces of foot traffic are present everywhere but no person is in sight. The location appears to be a beach lagoon at low tide; with a sea reef on the horizon.
In a humorous way, the beach umbrellas are thatched with coconut palm leaves, but with nothing beneath them appear like floating island sculptures. In mixing observation with visual wit, Peryer creates a delightful evocation of a Fijian summer at an empty tourist spot.
- Title
- Umbrella, Fiji
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 2013
- Medium
- inkjet on paper
- Dimensions
- 250 x 320 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Elise Mourant Bequest, 2019
- Accession no
- 2018/24/8
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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