trevor richards

recent works 2009-12

18 may - 16 june 2012

Trevor Richards has been exhibiting professionally for 30 years in Perth.

During that time his art practice has grown to include painting, sculpture, assemblage work, architectural interventions and wall / window based installations. He has exhibited across Australia and internationally, including a solo show in Paris last year with ParisCONCRET and one with Sydney’s Peleton Gallery. Trevor has also exhibited alongside David Sequeira and Sydney Nolan in an exhibition at Everything Nothing Projects in Canberra in March this year. In 2008 he was included in CANOA, a large touring exhibition of Australian non-objective artworks that was shown in three venues in Germany. He was commissioned in 2008-9 to make a large work for All colours permitted as long as they don’t interfere with commerce, a major international exhibition presented in the cities of Katowice and Szcecin in Poland. Trevor’s work has been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of WA, Artbank, University of WA, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University, BankWest, Royal Perth Hospital, Kerry Stokes Collection and several more corporate and private collections.

Trevor is widely recognised for his formally structured, minimalist approach to painting that is informed by his sustained engagement with a limited range of colours and an admiration for the commonplace. In recent years Trevor’s works have mostly revolved around a limited palette of yellow, pale blue, bright orange and dark (almost black) blue. The works, although always appearing abstract, are often linked to architectural motifs.

Louise Morrison notes in her catalogue essay; “Whilst Richards’ work can be understood as non-objective, his titles, which are often developed as a post-script to the production of the object, lead us to other, playful layers of understanding. For example, Siena is named after the Italian town that is home to the cathedral in which he found this design.”

Trevor’s exhibition includes hard-edge abstract paintings and three-dimensional wall mounted works that explore colour, geometry and pattern within the context of architecture. He draws on a wide range of influences, including Islamic patterning, architectural modelling, tessellations and an interest in the play of structures in everyday life. He combines all within a minimal aesthetic. The works shown will consolidate on his previous exhibition with us in 2009, his Sydney and the Paris exhibitions mentioned above.

Trevor is also creating an extraordinary entry statement to the gallery, with the installation of vinyl flooring in geometric patterns based on tessellation and terrazzo flooring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

entry room floor installation
siena acrylic on canvas 140 x 420cm 2011 $25,000
segment 1 acrylic on canvas 51 x 51cm 2009 $2,200sold	rack acrylic on canvas 51 x 51cm 2010 $2,200
samples 1- 24 acrylic on canvas 45 x 45cm [x24] 2011-12 $30,000 or $1,600 each sold 1, 3, 9, 14, 17, 21
sample 2 acrylic on canvas 45 x 45cm 2011-12 $1,600	sample 23 acrylic on canvas 45 x 45cm 2011-12 $1,600
dark crossing acrylic on canvas 51 x 51cm 2010 $2,200	orange/blue acrylic on canvas 51 x 51cm 2010 $2,200
oxo dna acrylic on canvas 61 x 323cm 2009 $12,000
blue crossing acrylic on canvas 51 x 51cm 2010 $2,200	correr acrylic, epoxy resin on canvas 90 x 120cm 2011 $4,200
grey scale shapes 1 - 4 acrylic on canvas 60 x 45cm [x4] 2010 $4,200 sold
san giorgio maggiore acrylic, epoxy resin on canvas 90 x 120cm 2011 $4,200	silver relief enamel, acrylic on canvas 120 x 60cm 2011 $3,600
twister 1-3 acrylic on canvas 120 x 90cm [x3] 2010 $9,000 or $3,600 each sold
three grids steel 100 x 110cm 2011 $2,200	entry room floor installation