Little Caravan by the Yarra River
Robert Jenyns (1944-2015)
"Pont de l’Archêveché 2007"
- aluminium, steel, timber.
My two sculpture choices today can be linked by the concept of whimsy. This little caravan can be found down by the Yarra River at the back of the Heide property. It is clearly a tribute to a kid's Meccano set. But there's more to it than that.
The late Bob Jenyns was born in Victoria, but spent some time teaching art in Tasmania. His little caravan is a tribute to one of his great mentors, Albert Tucker (1914-1999). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Tucker_(artist)
In the 1950s Tucker was a struggling artist in Paris. He hand-built a little caravan which he parked by the River Seine, and Jenyns has here made a scale model of it. For this work Jenyns won Australia’s leading sculpture prize – the 2008 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award. This sculpture has been displayed in numerous settings, but it has finally found a home by another river in the Antipodes. There is something about this location, near what is called John's Wild Wood (planted by John Reed), that evokes a sense of nostalgia.
www.indesignlive.com/people/big-win-for-little-caravan
www.art-almanac.com.au/vale-robert-jenyns/
Little Caravan by the Yarra River
Robert Jenyns (1944-2015)
"Pont de l’Archêveché 2007"
- aluminium, steel, timber.
My two sculpture choices today can be linked by the concept of whimsy. This little caravan can be found down by the Yarra River at the back of the Heide property. It is clearly a tribute to a kid's Meccano set. But there's more to it than that.
The late Bob Jenyns was born in Victoria, but spent some time teaching art in Tasmania. His little caravan is a tribute to one of his great mentors, Albert Tucker (1914-1999). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Tucker_(artist)
In the 1950s Tucker was a struggling artist in Paris. He hand-built a little caravan which he parked by the River Seine, and Jenyns has here made a scale model of it. For this work Jenyns won Australia’s leading sculpture prize – the 2008 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award. This sculpture has been displayed in numerous settings, but it has finally found a home by another river in the Antipodes. There is something about this location, near what is called John's Wild Wood (planted by John Reed), that evokes a sense of nostalgia.
www.indesignlive.com/people/big-win-for-little-caravan
www.art-almanac.com.au/vale-robert-jenyns/