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    Ricky Swallow is an Australian sculptor currently living in Los Angeles. He works primarily in sculpture, a difficult medium that can take 4-8 weeks per piece. His sculptures are crafted from materials like clay, terracotta, metal, sand, wax and wood using tools like chisels, hammers and rasps. Swallow's sculptures comment on daily life and reflect his interests in things like retro technology. His pieces can be found in galleries, museums and universities around the world where audiences appreciate the symbolic meaning and careful details of his work.

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    Ricky Swallow is an Australian sculptor currently living in Los Angeles. He works primarily in sculpture, a difficult medium that can take 4-8 weeks per piece. His sculptures are crafted from materials like clay, terracotta, metal, sand, wax and wood using tools like chisels, hammers and rasps. Swallow's sculptures comment on daily life and reflect his interests in things like retro technology. His pieces can be found in galleries, museums and universities around the world where audiences appreciate the symbolic meaning and careful details of his work.

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    Still LIFE Art Criticism Task

    Artist Chosen:
    Ricky Swallow

    Artist:
    WHO are they and WHERE are they from?
    An Australian sculptor born in San Remo in Victoria.
    The current 46-year-old is living in Los Angeles and
    living his dream of sculpting. Ricky Swallow has his work
    displayed in multiple private and public collections in
    Australia and all over the world; New York, University of
    California, Berkeley Art Museum and Gallery and various
    others that have made him even more well-known and
    have made his work an inspiration for others to pursue
    their career in his footsteps.
    ARTWORK:

    In what forms and mediums do they work?


    Ricky Swallow has exceedingly succeeded in the art of ‘sculpture’ and is now displaying his
    prodigious work off into galleries, museums and universities all around the world and is very well
    known and famous for his hands-on artworks. ‘Sculpture’ is the form in which he works with, which
    is also one of the hardest forms in Art. One sculpture takes roughly about 4-8 weeks and if the
    exhibition schedule allows, the sculptures are given about 6 weeks to dry slowly and properly. But
    these exceptionally detailed pieces are not just made by hand, they require steady and tender care.

    MEDIUM – What do they work with?


    o Clay:
    Clay is the easiest to sculpt, it is the softest out of the options and it dries faster.
    o Terracotta
    Terracotta is used mostly for flower pots, roofing tiles, bricks and also earthenware.
    o Metal
    Metal is used more for aesthetic purposes and practical purposes, such as; ornamental
    pieces, décor items, or functional objects that are beneficial to majority of us.
    o Sand
    Sand sticks together, hence they use it to create shovels, buckets etc. Sand drains more
    water quickly, sand can then be subjected to extreme carving.
    o Wax
    Wax helps artists visualize the final product and then sculpt it accordingly.
    o Wood
    Hardwoods are much more difficult to work with and sculpt than softwoods, but they
    acquire more lustre and vaster endurance. Softwoods are easier to sculpt but possess less
    endurance and lustre.
    Tools; Medium:
    o Point Chisel
    A cold chisel having a diamond-shaped cutting face for cutting V grooves or sharp internal
    corners
    o Tooth Chisel
    The tooth chisel is a metal hand-held tool consisting of a shaft
    o Flat and Rondel Chisel
    o The roundel is similar in basic form to the flat chisel except that its cutting edge is curved
    rather than flat
    o Hammers
    Utensils used to put pressure on something to flatten or minimise carvings.
    o Rasps
    A coarse file or similar metal tool for scraping, filing, or rubbing down objects of metal,
    wood, or other hard material.

    WORLD

    How do the artworks respond to the world?


    The sculptures he makes are usually have an
    immediate insight to the type person he is. For
    example, in his sculpture ‘Killing Time’ he
    synthesised on his interest on killing time. His
    old artworks were usually duplicating of retro
    items, like beatboxes, motorcycles, bikes. The
    artworks he crafts are reminders of what we
    use in our daily lives.

    AUDIENCE
    How can the artworks be accessed by the audience? How are they perceived?
    This work can be accessed in Galleries, Museums and universities where his artworks are already
    displayed. When his work is shown, audiences can see the details and effort that was put into his
    artworks. Audience can realise that his work is extremely symbolic and has great meaning behind
    every single detail.

    HISTORY
    OF
    HOLDING

    2007

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