Ricky Swallow: The Bricoleur

National Gallery of Victoria, Published 2009. Hardcover, 87 pp.; 22 cm; First Edition (with full number line); illustrated with color and black-and-white plates. In Very Good condition, no jacket as issued. Illustrated pale green linen cloth boards (front reproduces Swallow's sculpture Flying on the Ground is Wrong, 2006); mild soiling to back cover, light shelf wear. Binding tight. Otherwise unmarked. Exhibition catalog for Ricky Swallow: The Bricoleur, the fifth show in the Macquarie Group Series at the Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia (16 October 2009 to 28 February 2010), and the first major showing of the Australian sculptor's work at home since 2006. Curator Alex Baker and critic Michael Ned Holte consider Swallow (born 1974, Australia's representative at the 2005 Venice Biennale) and his hand-carved limewood and jelutong sculptures, cast bronzes, and watercolors, work that turns everyday objects into meditations on time, mortality, and craft. Contents: Sponsor's Message; Director's Foreword; Acknowledgements; Ricky Swallow: The Bricoleur (Alex Baker); The Grit and the Oyster (Michael Ned Holte); Plates; Artist's Biography; Selected Bibliography; Exhibition Checklist. Title: Ricky Swallow: The Bricoleur Author Name: Alex Baker; Michael Ned Holte ISBN Number: 0724103139 ISBN-13: 9780724103133 Location Published: Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria: 2009 Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Very Good Size: 22 cm Type: Hardcover Categories: Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions, Art, Art & Architecture Seller ID: 20260608005 Keywords: australian art, contemporary sculpture, exhibition catalog, national gallery of victoria, ricky swallow