About the exhibition
CELEBRATE JOHN RYRIE
Master of the Line
27 October - 21 November, 2009
Drawn from works made over the last 12 years the exhibition is comprised of 36 works and features 23 black and white linocuts, the hallmark of Ryrie’s oeuvre.
His images range in size from a monolithic 112 x 76 cms to a diminutive 18 x 12 cms, and address the eternal dilemmas of mankind through the great storytellers Ovid, Aesop, Wilde, and his own mythic world. These are not lifeless, hectoring lectures, but bold, compassionate and generous images.
Included in the exhibition are artist’s books, other print media - etching screenprint lithography, and some colour!
John has just been awarded the Grand Prize in the 2009 Silk Cut Award. He won the prize with his linocut. 'The Moon's Refection II'.
He has was also recently a finalist in the Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards.
John has exhibited extensively throughout Australia since 1982, including 32 solo exhibitions.
Born in Melbourne in 1961, John grew up in the rural Victorian town of Maffra, going on to the Gippsland campus of Monash University B.A. course in 1982 and the V.C.A 1983-1986. He studied under Euan Heng, Geoff Dupree, Peter Booth, Ian Parry, Alan Mitelman and John Walker.
John’s works include drypoints, etchings, lithographs, monoprints, screenprints, wood engravings, linocuts, paintings, drawings, sculptures, and artists books including poetry.
Click here to read the article on John that recently featured in Trouble magazine.
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