TURNER GALLERIES... 2009 EXHIBITIONS

press release

This is the first time that Turner Galleries has shown the work of well-known local artist Trevor Richards.

Trevor’s practice comprises painting, sculpture, installation, architectural interventions and video. This exhibition presents a new series of paintings and three dimensional works which allude to architecturally modelled space.

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 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 also 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.

Other recent group exhibitions include Fertile Soil: 50 Years of the City of Fremantle Collection, Fremantle Art Centre, 2008; Silver Artrage 25, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2008 and AC4CA at SNO Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney, 2009.

Trevor received funding from the Department of Culture and the Arts WA towards this exhibition. He is represented in numerous local, national and international private and public art collections. A catalogue has been published to coincide with this exhibition and is available at the gallery.

workout acrylic on canvas 83 x 83cm x4 2008 $10,000 sold to murdoch university
crossing 4 [project] acrylic on canvas 81 x 75cm 2008 $2,800	crossing 2 acrylic on canvas 90 x 120cm 2009 $3,500
crossing 1 acrylic on canvas 90 x 122cm 2009 $3,500 sold	crossing 3 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60cm 2008 $2,500 sold to turner galleries art angels
crossing 5 acrylic on canvas 90 x 56cm 2008 $2,200 sold	crossing 7 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60cm 2009 $2,000 sold
concertina acrylic on canvas 162 x 156cm 2008 $10,000 sold to the art gallery of wa	crossing 6 [greyscale] acrylic on canvas 162 x 156cm 2008 $10,000
katowice 1 acrylic on canvas 83 x 83cm 2008 $2,800	katowice 2 acrylic on canvas 83 x 83cm 2008 $2,800
metro acrylic on canvas 200 x 240cm 2008 $17,000	stretch 1 acrylic on canvas 162 x 156cm 2007 $10,000
folded spray lacquer on aluminium 66 x 140 x 72cm 2009 $8,500	step spray lacquer on aluminium 62 x 41 x 41cm 2009 $5,500
spacescape 1 edition of 2 spray lacquer on aluminium 30 x 30 x 30cm 2008 $4,400	spacescape 2 edition of 2 spray lacquer on aluminium 30 x 30 x 30cm 2008 $4,400 sold 2 of 2 1 to murdoch university