Ricky Swallow: The Bricoleur

10.16 – 2.28
National Gallery of Victoria


Salad days   2005   Jelutong (Dyera costulata),
maple (Acer sp.)    102.0 x 102.0 x 23.8 cm
© Ricky Swallow   Photo: Andy Keate   
Courtesy Darren Knight Gallery (Sydney)

Ricky Swallow’s first major solo show on home turf since 2006. Alongside the artist’s trademark intricately carved-wooden sculptures, the exhibition features two bodies of watercolors, which while less known, have also been a significant component of Swallow’s art practice, and bronzes competed over the past year. ‘The bricoleur’ refers to the artist’s creative use of materials from his immediate surroundings.

Information
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/rickyswallow/

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