Richard Wedekind
Treated laminated plywood sealed with waterproof
membrane
Learning to breathe under water continues a
long-established practice in figurative sculpture. The three
emergent figures allude to the engulfing of mankind under the
rising tide of global warming.
With scientists anticipating that sea level will rise anywhere
between 0.5 m and 4.0m this century, there has never been a better
time to try and keep our heads above water. Within our lifetimes,
going to the beach will become a completely different experience.
The impact on island communities has the potential to be
devastating.
Born in Timaru, Richard Wedekind now resides on Waiheke Island.
His art practice includes painting and sculpture.
Exhibitions in 2008 include Everyone's an Art
Critic (2008), New Zealand Sculpture Onshore; Surf's
Up (2008), Shapeshifter; Pita Rikys, the
Adam Portraiture Award 2008 and Mt Eden at the Waiheke Art
Award. Walkway exhibited in Sculpture on the Gulf
2005 and can be viewed at the Telstra Pacific Events Centre in
Manakau. His works can be found in public and private collections
throughout the Commonwealth.
Wedekind's sculptures and landscape paintings make reference to
his first career as an exploration geologist where orebodies were
modelled in planar sections and plots made from derivatives of raw
data.
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