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Born 1974 San Remo, Victoria, Australia. Known for: Figure, body part, reptile image sculpture, watercolor abstract figure painting.
Ricky Swallow first became known for his meticulously carved realistic wooden sculptures, many in the tradition of still-life motifs and memento mori, but in recent years he has turned to working in... Read full biography
Ricky Swallow first became known for his meticulously carved realistic wooden sculptures, many in the tradition of still-life motifs and memento mori, but in recent years he has turned to working in bronze. His sculptures originate with ready-made objects such as clocks, cups, and various cardboard... Read full biography
Ricky Swallow first became known for his meticulously carved realistic wooden sculptures, many in the tradition of still-life motifs and memento mori, but in recent years he has turned to working in bronze. His sculptures originate with ready-made objects such as clocks, cups, and various cardboard elements, which he recasts in bronze and finishes with patinas that seem more traditionally suited for ceramics, creating a complicated relationship between the original object and its more durable... Read full biography
Ricky Swallow first became known for his meticulously carved realistic wooden sculptures, many in the tradition of still-life motifs and memento mori, but in recent years he has turned to working in bronze. His sculptures originate with ready-made objects such as clocks, cups, and various cardboard elements, which he recasts in bronze and finishes with patinas that seem more traditionally suited for ceramics, creating a complicated relationship between the original object and its more durable iteration as an art object. “My work has always essentially been about translation, passing a subject through various processes on the way to a fixed or permanent state, with each different material influencing the creation of new forms,” Swallow has... Read full biography
Ricky Swallow first became known for his meticulously carved realistic wooden sculptures, many in the tradition of still-life motifs and memento mori, but in recent years he has turned to working in bronze. His sculptures originate with ready-made objects such as clocks, cups, and various cardboard elements, which he recasts in bronze and finishes with patinas that seem more traditionally suited for ceramics, creating a complicated relationship between the original object and its more durable iteration as an art object. “My work has always essentially been about translation, passing a subject through various processes on the way to a fixed or permanent state, with each different material influencing the creation of new forms,” Swallow has said. Source:. "Artsy: Ricky Swallow," 2019... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Diorama, Museum Display Background
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Narrative, Story Telling
Chronology
- •20/21st Centuries
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art