Exhaust Performance

source: canal05

David Rickard is a New Zealand born artist based in London, U.K.He originally studied architecture in Auckland, New Zealand and later fine art Milan and London. Following study in both the fields of art and architecture it has been the boundary between them and investigations into the materiality of our surroundings that underlines his practice. His works investigate phenomena such as gravity, alchemy and chance through sculptures, drawings and installations that involve spatial and physical experimentation. Constantly moving along a fine line between sculpture and performance, art and physics, Rickard’s work engages with the concepts of spatial and objectual perception.
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source: artactuel

David Rickard étudie les phénomènes tels que la gravité, l’alchimie et le hasard à travers des sculptures, dessins et installations impliquant une expérimentation physique et spatiale. Avec pour point de départ des objets de la vie courante, Rickard explore de nouvelles possibilités d’utilisation et, ce faisant, dessine l’architecture des lieux dans lesquels évoluent ces objets. Il redéfinit ainsi notre notion de la perception spatiale et objectale. Oscillant constamment entre la sculpture et la performance, l’art et la physique, l’oeuvre de Rickard engage la participation active du spectateur. Une fois que l’artiste a établi une trajectoire, par un mélange de nécessité et de hasard, l’ordinaire se transforme sous nos yeux en extraordinaire et apparaissent alors de nouvelles grilles de lecture de la réalité qui nous entoure.
David Rickard est né en 1975 en Nouvelle-Zélande. Architecte de formation, il a par la suite étudié à la Brera Accademia di Belle Arti de Milan et au Central Saint Martins de Londres. Parmi ses nombreuses expositions à Londres et à l’étranger, il a notamment exposé à la Galleria Michela Rizzo de Venise, à la Sumarria Lunn Gallery de Londres, à la Luis Adelantado Gallery de Valence, à la galerie NEST de La Haye, à la 54e Biennale de Venise, à la Biennale de céramique en Grande-Bretagne, à la Royal Society of Science de Londres. Il a également résidé au Goethe Institut et est finaliste pour le Bombay Sapphire Award and le Jerwood Sculpture Prize.
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source:copperfieldgallery

David Rickard investigates phenomena such as gravity, alchemy and chance through sculptures, drawings and installations that involve spatial and physical experimentation. Often using ordinary objects as a starting point, Rickard explores new potential avenues for their use and in doing so maps the architecture where they are sited, redefining our concept of spatial and objectual perception. Constantly moving along a fine line between sculpture and performance, art and physics, Rickard’s work engages the viewer as an active player. Once the artist has established a trajectory, a combination of necessity and chance takes place, making the ordinary extraordinary and generating new readings of our surroundings.

David Rickard studied architecture at the Auckland School of Architecture in New Zealand, before studying art at Brera Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan and Central Saint Martins, London. Solo exhibitions include Displacements, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice (2012), Testing the Limits, The Nunnery, Bow Arts Trust, London (2011), Time + Trace, Sumarria Lunn Gallery, London (2011), Test Flights, Economist Plaza, London (2010), Mitosis, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Treviso, Italy (2009), Exhaust 19-06-08, Goethe-Institut, London (2008), Solid State, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice, (2008) and Dilate, Trolley Gallery, London (2007). Group shows include Zu Haus, LoBe Project Space, Berlin (2012), CALL, Luis Adelantado, Valencia (2012), Intersections – Science in Contemporary Art, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel (2012), David Rickard & Tommy Stockel, LoBe Project Space, Berlin (2012), Out of Control, NEST, The Hague (2012), David Rickard & Franco Vaccari, Scatolabianca, dialogue #1, Independents2, ArtVerona (2011), Round the Clock, 54th Venice Biennale (2011), Beyond Ourselves, Royal Society of Science, London (2011), The Wolfson Syndrome, The Modern Language Experiment, London (2011), Exteriority, Sumarria Lunn, London (2010), Appetite for Destruction, NEST, The Hague (2010), David Rickard/RomeuGoncalves, The Mews Project Space, London (2010), The Jerwood Sculpture Prize, The Jerwood Space, London (2005) and Long Live Romance II, Galleria Pack, Milan / Lipanjepuntin, Rome (2005).