Feb 02 – Feb 26, 2023
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, Va. 22902
Figure Study – Sculptor Who Loves to Draw
ROBERT BRICKER
Bas-relief, 10″ x 10″ 25 cm x 25 cm
Bronze | Plaster
Metallic color pencils on black board, 20″ x 30″ 51 cm x 76 cm
Incised line in painted wax on wood panel, 23.5″ x 24″ 60 cm x 61 cm
White ink on diptych boards, 12.5″ x 15″ 32 cm x 38 cm
Acrylic painting on board, 10″ x 7″ 25 cm x 18 cm
Chalk pastels on board, 10″ x 11″ 25 cm x 28 cm
Silver pencil on paper on wood board, 36″ x 24″ 91 cm x 61 cm
Exhibition view of Robert Bricker : Figure Study
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, Va. 2023
Press release
Selected from the past ten years of Robert Bricker’s drawings from live models.
Robert’s profession is as realist figurative portrait sculptor, and bronze monument maker. But in his off hours, he loves to draw from the figure. In these drawings, his fluency with anatomy gives way to a priority on composition, imagination, and poetic ambiguity. In this exhibit, he shows various artworks made during life drawing sessions. Working from live models can be profound; a model’s effort to hold a pose forces his hand to decisiveness. Many of the mediums that Robert chooses to work with make indelible marks – unerasable. This creates a forward motion toward resolve. A cadenza. A soliloquy. At its best, life drawing is a sacred synergy between artist and model – a visual art call and response.
SHOW LIST
1. Graphite drawing on illustration board, 23.5″ x 36″ 60 cm x 91 cm
2. Acrylic painting on board, 10″ x 7″ 25 cm x 18 cm
3. Bas-relief, 10″ x 10″ 25 cm x 25 cm
4. Graphite on paper, 12″ x 11″ 30 cm x 28 cm
5. Acrylic and ink on board, 7″ x 10″ 18 cm x 25 cm
6. China marker on board, 14.5″ x 10″ 37 cm x 25 cm
7. Oil pastels on board, 15″ x 10″ 38 cm x 25 cm
8. Incised line in painted wax on wood panel, 23.5″ x 24″ 60 cm x 61 cm
9. Silver pencil on paper on wood board, 36″ x 24″ 91 cm x 61 cm
10. Lumber stick on board + blind embossed line, 15″ x 10″ 38 cm x 25 cm
11. Oil pastels on board, 10″ x 16″ 25 cm x 41 cm
12. Lumber stick on board + blind embossed line, 10″ x 12″ 25 cm x 30 cm
13. Chalk pastels on board, 10″ x 11″ 25 cm x 28 cm
14. Chalk pastels on diptych boards, 19″ x 12″ 48 cm x 30 cm
15. Chalk pastels on diptych boards, 12″ x 11″ 30 cm x 28 cm
16. Chalk pastels on Diptych boards, 16″ x 10″ 41 cm x 25 cm
17. White ink on diptych boards, 12.5″ x 15″ 32 cm x 38 cm
18. Charcoal on diptych boards, 15″ x 12″ 38 cm x 30 cm
19. White ink + pastels on board, 8.5″ x 8″ 20 cm x 22 cm
20. Ink and metallic pencils on board, 9″ x 10″ 23 cm x 25 cm
21. Ink and metallic pencils on board, 9.5″ x 10″ 24 cm x 25cm
22. Lumber stick + blind embossed lines on diptych boards, 11″ x 12″ 28 cm x 30 cm
23. Colored pencil on board, 10″ x 16″ 25 cm x 41 cm