Ron Robertson-Swann
| Ron Robertson-swann | |
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 'Vault' (aka Yellow Peril) |
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| Born | 1941 December 0 Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Field | Sculpture |
| Training | St Martins School of Art, London |
| Works | 'Vault'. Melbourne |
| Awards | OAM (Order of Australia Medal) |
Ron Robertson-Swann OAM (born 1941, Sydney), is an Australian sculptor, best known for his controversial abstract public sculpture Vault (1980).[1][2] His sculpture has been described as being in the Anthony Caro style [1], which he adopted after studying at St Martins School of Art, London, in the 1960s. He studied under Lyndon Dadswell and was an assistant to Henry Moore [2]. He works part-time as a lecturer at the National Art School and is the artistic adviser to the popular annual exhibition Sculpture by the Sea [3]. He was a founding member of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council [4] and has won numerous awards including the Comalco Invitational Sculpture Award, the Transfeld Prize and the Alice Prize.[3]
Graeme Sturgeon, the pre-eminent Australian sculpture historian and critic, described Robertson-Swann in 1980 as “the most consistent of the Classic Formalist, that is, the one most concerned to produce a sculpture which, while obviously of its era, transcends considerations of style in search of a timeless sense of rightness.” [5]
[edit] References
- Wallis, Geoffrey J. Peril in the square. Melbourne: Indra, 2004–2006
[edit] External links
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Leviathan at Play. Brisbane
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Vault. Melbourne
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