“Ross Mellick’s work returns Australian sculpture to the symbolic in contrast with the intellectual and conceptual work of the ‘70s.”
– Graeme Sturgeon, Artbank director
Bird Boat & Egg Raft
One of 3 installations by Noelene Lucas, Ross Mellick and Robert Owens at the Art Gallery of NSW, 1991. Curated by Tony Bond.
Bird Boat in the studio
Bird Boat Bow Sprit 1280
Bird Boat, bound ends
Egg Raft detail
Bird Boat genesis drawing and writing
Egg Raft construction detail
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Song of the Sea Raft
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Song of the Sea Raft drawing 001
Song of the Sea Raft in the studio, © Ross Mellick 1991
Song of the Sea Raft on the cliff 001
“In Ross Mellick’s sculptural works the materials used are so integral a part of the concept that his own role (in greater measure than is usually the case) is that of an assistant at the birth of the work of art.”
– Mary Turner OBE, Director of Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Mattress & Chair
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Selected Sculptural Works
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Selected pictorial works
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About
Ross Mellick is a distinctive figure in the Australian art scene, known for a practice that bridges the gap between the scientific and the symbolic. Uniquely, he is also a highly accomplished neurologist, a background that deeply informs his sculptural and installation work.