#cutthumbari

Time: 6.00pm - 10.00pm Date: 28th November Place: Cut Thumb ARI, 55 Whynot Street West End

Ricky Larry is a Brisbane based artist currently studying at the Queensland College of Art. Using installation and sculpture Ricky alters the perception of natural landscape by typically installing artificial forms into it that play with light and reflectiveness. Ambitious and visually absorbing, Ricky recently showed his work at Cut Thumb Ari in his solo exhibition Empty Kingdom.

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1. I grew up…   Everywhere, I went to eight different schools and lived in sixteen different houses till the age of 17.  

2. I am most comfortable... When I have nothing to think or stress about, or out in the sun, near the ocean wink emoticon.

3. I like… Water, either drinking it or being in it.

4. I don’t like… People who walk slow in shopping centres.

5. My personality is… Pretty relaxed, easy going, socially awkward.

6. I got into art when… I first saw a Andy Warhol book at school, which also showed him hanging out with my soon to be favourite painter Jean Michel Basquiat, I was about 12. Before that I was just great at drawing dogs , portraits and flowers.

7. My artistic style is…   Ambitious. I like to create work which pushes me and the audience.

8. The best thing about being an artist is… Creating work. I love to create work in which I can express thoughts and ideas practically its the most satisfying thing to me.

9. The mediums I use are… The environment and sculpture, with the ideas I am mindful of the natural environment and inserting an artificial form or object into it. Usually documenting this through photography or an installation.

10. My key influences are… My observations and awareness influence my work greatly. My ideas are generated by my surroundings. Working in the city and seeing people scooting around or shop windows and modern architecture all keep me thinking about making more works.

11. The artists I admire are… James Turrell, Anish kapoor, olafur eliasson, Joseph Kosuth, Alex da Corte, Marina Abramovic, Rachel Harrison, Yayoi Kusama, Tracy Moffat, Ian Strange

12. Art is important because… Because it teaches us culture, analytical skills and embraces originality.  I feel like art enriches everyone who invests time in it, as it provokes thought process and enables us to look at different aspects of life from various view points.  And helps us realise not to take ourselves to seriously.