Tom Eckert - Sculptor

[Ball Peen]

Something for everyone. Mr Swallow represented Australia at the 2005 Venice Biennale

Ricky Swallow
Ricky Swallow
Ricky Swallow
Ricky Swallow

[Robson Valley]

Do you think that Mr Swallow might be encouraged to interpret his works for us mere mortals?
I spent the best 4 years of my life in Australia. I'll never forget it for a minute.
Unfortunately, I don't see a satisfactory representation. But, whatever floats your boat.
Like the "loose cannon" spending habits of the Canadian National Art Gallery. Do we need Mark Roth?

[raav]

RV, Mr Swallow won a very substantial amount of money while barely out of art school from a major sculpture prize. He took the money and got the hell out of Australia and hasn't looked back. Now resides in LA after a stint in London. He is a global artist and deals with contemporary ideas, not specifically Australian ideas or concerns. If he was to deal with that Australiana sort of thing, well, obscurity would be guaranteed!
The table with the fish though, represented everything he had killed (grew up in a Tassy fishing town).

Do you see artists as having to deal in parochial agendas and imagery necessarily? (Isn't that what painters are for????)


And who is Mark Roth?

[underfoot]

Do you think that Mr Swallow might be encouraged to interpret his works for us mere mortals?
Unfortunately, I don't see a satisfactory representation.

.."satisfactory representation" was probably not his intention....

Mr Swallow is a global artist and deals with contemporary ideas, not specifically Australian ideas or concerns. If he was to deal with that Australiana sort of thing, well, obscurity would be guaranteed!
Do you see artists as having to deal in parochial agendas and imagery necessarily? (Isn't that what painters are for????)
And who is Mark Roth?

..Painters?..you mean "flat artists" ..
..and Mark Rothko?...yeah well...he can take a while to get used to...it's taken me years...

[Robson Valley]

Apoggollies to all, Mark Rothko was the name I was trying for. To score 7 figures for one example of "broad regions of rich color......" is about as good as it gets.

"Flat artists?" I resemble that remark. Did and sold a lot of 1/2 sheet watercolors over the years. Some real comissions, too! Pretty much quit. Was painting for all the wrong reasons during some very dark years.
In any case, the art still gives me a satisfaction which seemed so elusive in an abstract job. Would be nice if my carvings sold like the paintings. Oh well.

[artme]

Art and the appreciation of it in all ts forms is a matter of personal taste.

What seems to be coming through in this discussion is a confusion of where medium, method, realism,
interpretations and abstractions fit in to our perceptions and our preferences.

I find that sometimes I just resort to appreciating the absolute skill of the artist. I see that as being a valid
way to view some works.

[Iggy]

It does seem that if you can hang it on a wall people are more inclined to buy



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