Rick Clise – news

More than a year in the making, in early December 2009 Rick installed his commissioned sculpture ‘Pythagoras’ Garden’ at a private home in Adelaide.

My small painted stainless steel sculpture, ‘Time For a Good Cry’, is on exhibit during the 2010 Toorak Village Sculpture Festival. You can see it at ‘Myka’ at 466 Toorak Road, Toorak.

Find more info about the exhibition at: http://www.tooraksculpture.com.au/

I will be one of 15 artists exhibiting at ART LOGIC’s Outdoor Art exhibition during the South Australian Living Artists Festival (SALA). There will be a great variety of sculptures made from bronze, steel, concrete, mosaics, plaster and bamboo.

Where: Art Logic, 62 Amherst Avenue, Trinity Gardens (near Norwood)

When: Opening Sunday 16 August from 2 – 5pm. The exhibition continues frolm 17 – 23 August from 2 – 5 pm daily. For further info – info@artlogic.com.au, ph 0432 924 305

Hope you can join us!

Adelaide City Council’s public art strategy includes renting outdoor sculptures for exhibition in Pilgrim Lane in the central business district. Rick’s two-part ‘heart’ sculpture ‘Moved On’ is leased to ACC for 2009/2010 as part of this program.

‘Moved On’ is very popular and is regularly photographed with people sitting inside the red/white heart piece. It was previously exhibited at the University of Western Sydney, and prior to that at Montalto Sculpture Prize.

Pilgrim Lane runs between Pirie Street and Flinders Street, parallel and east of King William Street, next to Pilgrim Church.

One of Adelaide’s largest public art commissions is the Aboriginal & Torres Straight Islander War Memorial to be located at the Torrens Parade Ground., with a budget of $500,000.

Rick was the project leader in an artist team with James Martin, Darren Siwes, and Warrick Keates of WAX Design that was shortlisted for concept development for this memorial. Two other teams were also shortlisted for concept development. Although Rick’s team did not win this project it was a fascinating and valuable experience working with such a committed group of artists and design professionals.