Ricky Swallow’s “Killing Time” sculpture of a life-size wooden dining table, carved from laminated jelutong (a light-coloured wood). Scattered on the top of it is an array of marine life that represents his youth as the son of a fisherman, including fish, a lobster, oysters, clams, a bucket, a chopping board, some peels lemons and a tablecloth.
Swallow has carefully crafted every part of the work with fine, immaculate detail, from the elaborate carving of each individual scale of the fish, the intricate shells of the oysters and claws of the lobster, the skin of the lemon and each fine crease of the cloth draping off the edge, to the cracked surface of the wooden table.
Furthermore, he focuses on the amount of light and shadow in this work. The lighting is so impressive that his work actually looks like a real table with the creatures coming to life.
Sidney Nolan’s “The Trial” (1947) is an oil painting- enamel on composition board- that is part of his famous Ned Kelly series which depicts the bushranger’s trial which led to his hanging.
Nolan doesn’t seem to pay too much attention to details, as the style of the painting is very rough, with uneven lines and a jagged, messy painting style. All the shapes in the painting are very simplified, with plain shapes such as squares and ovals- it almost looks like a child’s artwork. Nolan’s use of colour is also very uncomplicated, using red and white for the tile pattern, and blunt, unmixed colours for each feature of the painting instead of colouring in the details.
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