Rina Franz’ artworks reference two aesthetics; one being the built up architectural landscape of Rome, where she grew up, and the other the wide expanses of the Australian landscape, where she migrated as an adult.
Her works bring together these two landscapes within a tradition of Western perspectival drawing. Rows of columns diminish in size as they head towards a distant horizon, beneath a vast stormy sky. Draped fabrics, columns, manicured conifer trees, walls, bridges and an exaggerated one point perspective are all central motifs in Rina’s drawings and paintings. These works recall her discomfort at being able to see so much of the horizon when she moved to Australia. They combine her past and her present, and one work in particular references the architecture of Federation Square in Melbourne.
She noted that,
“In 2001, I am travelling on the train across the Nullarbor from Perth to Melbourne. It is three days to the next major city. Time and space take on another dimension. Looking out of the window at high speed the vast landscape dictates my thoughts... Desperately looking for a point of reference I tract the strong perspective line of the train. It leads me towards the horizon, the un-reachable destination. For days both horizons draw me into their ‘invisible line’. Finally civilization appears and the horizontal line changes, the perspective shifts, and with it my perception of space and direction.”
Rina Franz has artworks in several important collections, including the Art Gallery of WA, Australian Capital Equity, Edith Cowan University, Royal Perth Hospital, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and numerous private collections. She received an ArtsWA Mid Career Fellowship to assist with the production of The Invisible Line.
bridges
- acrylic on marine ply
- 60 x 300 x 16cm
- 2006
- $6,800
front
- acrylic on marine ply
- 40 x 170 x 9cm
- 2006
- $4,800 sold
transversal
- acrylic on marine ply
- 40 x 160 x 15cm
- 2006
- not for sale [artwork kindly on loan from the sir claude hotchin art bequest, royal perth hospital art collection]
fragments i
- acrylic on marine ply
- 80 x 40 x 15cm
- 2006
- $3,300
fragments ii
- acrylic on marine ply
- 80 x 40 x 10cm
- 2006
- $3,300
fragments iii
- acrylic on marine ply
- 80 x 40 x 12cm
- 2006
- $3,300
study for the invisible line
- charcoal on university paper
- 122 x 172cm
- 2006
- $3,500
lineamenta i [i-viii]
- pen + archival ink monoprint on rag paper
- 43 x 42cm each
- 2007
- $500 each, $3,600 set of 8
lineamenta i [ii]
- pen + archival ink monoprint on rag paper
- 43 x 42cm
- 2007
- $500
lineamenta i [vi]
- pen + archival ink monoprint on rag paper
- 43 x 42cm
- 2007
- $500
lineamenta ii [i-viii]
- pen + archival ink monoprint on rag paper
- 43 x 42cm each
- 2007
- $500 each, $3,600 set of 8
lineamenta i [vii]
- pen + archival ink monoprint on rag paper
- 43 x 42cm
- 2007
- $500
lineamenta ii [ii]
- pen + archival ink monoprint on rag paper
- 43 x 42cm
- 2007
- $500 sold
the invisible line [detail]
- monotype + mylar overlay
- 230 x 1160 x 6cm
- 2006
- $12,000
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