The Bord-du-Lac Project by Henri Cleinge
Approached to renovate a 200 year old Quebec stone house and to design a significant addition, we were challenged to define a clear conceptual approach which would reconcile a contemporary architectural language to the ancestral home.
"The Colt from Old Regret" 2004 Bronze. From the Australian legend of "The Man From Snowy River".
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The large-scale corten steel sculptures and smaller sized bronze works by Jimmy Rix are exemplars of his sense of humour, engagement with Australiana, interest in scale and concern for the environment. Alongside rebellious roos, Rix also casts horses, sheep and utilitarian objects as the actors of his narrative-based works. by Olivia Welch- art theorist, curator and writer (an excerpt from her full essay in News & Text)
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"Balance 3" 2007 Bronze by Jimmy Rix
"The Waler" 2004 Bronze by Jimmy Rix The Waler was bred in New South Wales, Australia. It was bred for war and became the toughest war horse in history.
My drawing in The Horse exhibition at Darren Knight Gallery.
Opening of The Horse, a group exhibition of works on paper curated by Noel McKenna on Saturday 25 August at 4 - 6 pm at Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney. Noel McKenna heard or read somewhere that horses are the most difficult things to draw, so he invited a group of artists he admires to make a work on paper no larger than A4, on the premise that when artists attempt something for the first time, their approach is fresh and the results unique. I did a couple of drawings for the show. I decided…
Out on a limb
2018 Corten steel 500cm x 280cm x 250cm Commissioned by McCloy Group
Grazing
2017 Corten steel Life size – Commissioned by Retford Park, Estate of the late James Fairfax AO (2)
Love sees no faults
2016 Corten steel 72cm x 69cm x 15cm Private collection
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The large-scale corten steel sculptures and smaller sized bronze works by Jimmy Rix are exemplars of his sense of humour, engagement with Australiana, interest in scale and concern for the environment. Alongside rebellious roos, Rix also casts horses, sheep and utilitarian objects as the actors of his narrative-based works. by Olivia Welch- art theorist, curator and writer (an excerpt from her full essay in News & Text)