‘Sculpture takes us in an unbroken line all the way back to our origins as humans. Unlike painting, where the trail of evidence is frequently broken by the fragility of the medium, sculpture lasts. It is one of the most ancient of all the living art forms and Ron Robertson Swann’s significant place in this tradition of representation – both abstract and figurative – is accepted throughout Australia and beyond.
The works in this exhibition stand outside the barriers of locality, nationality and parochial culture. Robertson Swann’s traditions of practice take him through Caro and Moore (with whom he worked), Smith, Epstein, Brancusi and Maillol, all the way to the plastic explorers of Greek antiquity with their brightly coloured statuary and back still further. At eighty, and still in the prime of his creative life, Ron looks back through his work more than 25,000 years to the Venus of Willendorf.’ – excerpt from the catalogue essay by Dr John Vallance, 2021
Image above John Petrie with his winning work 23.5° in Marks Park, Tamarama. Photograph by Jane Barrett 25TH EXHIBITION | …
Image above: Ayako Saito Lunar Shadow 2019. Installation view at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, 2023. Photo by Jessica Wyld. …
Image above: Nijinsky 2020 steel, painted 195 x 215 x 215 cm. Install view at Sculpture in the Vineyards 2022. …
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