As an artist intrigued by the properties of shadows and silhouettes, the large glass screens were an exciting medium for Oona Culley. Often using imagery of shadows and silhouettes in her work, the British Airways commission for T5 allowed her to explore the use of transparency and layers for the first time on such a large scale. This leant itself to the idea of semi-transparent curtains billowing and chandeliers rocking, appearing like ghostly presences in the space like as a memory in Where the Winds Blow. Each of the four screens depicts a progression of the curtain becoming increasingly windswept and the chandelier swinging. The work further plays on the idea of absence and presence as the lounge itself is adorned with various chandeliers. Where the Winds Blow began as fine pen drawings which were then scanned and scaled up on computer, printed onto the transparent vinyl, and finally, adhered onto the glass screens. These four free-standing glass screens are the first of a changing programme of temporary specially commissioned art works in the British Airways First Galleries Lounge.

2 more sets of permanent screens by Oona Culley are located in the BA North and Satellite Galleries Lounges:
Oona Culley, Windswept Shadows, 2008
Oona Culley, Shadows in Mist, 2008

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