The Guardians

The Guardians
Matthew Aberline & The Beautiful and Useful Studio (Australia)
Location: Raffles Place Park  

The Guardians is an immersive landscape of vibrant inflatable sculptures. Recycled materials are transformed into abstract representations of tropical flowers and foliage in a studio that operates solely on solar power.

With a family history of florists spanning three generations, the artist’s grandmother, mother and sister all arranged real-life blooms. In this work, the artist explores enduring connections between landscape, identity and kinship through vibrant artistic forms.

These silent guardians create a space for gathering where, for a shared moment, no one remains a stranger to beauty. 

About the artist

Matthew Aberline and The Beautiful and Useful Studio are based in Sydney, Australia, and have shown their work all around the world. They are best known for their gorgeous prints, fabulous use of colour and large-scale inflatable works.

They have collaborated with organisations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Centre and World Pride in New York, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, the National Library and the National Science Centre in Canberra. 

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