Geoffrey Ricardo

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Geoffrey Ricardo, printmaker and sculptor,employs aquatinting the entire plate and using a scraper or burnishing tool to reveal an image, usually a parable of human folly. His exhibition, A dark city narrative (2001), revealed large, complex parables of contemporary city life crammed with incident. Ricardo's works presented a world that was overwhelming and uncontrollable.
Tags: Printmaking, Printmaker
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Citations

  • Timms, Peter (June 2001), 'Geoff Ricardo: emerging from darkness’, Art Monthly [June 2001], [front cover, 5-7], .

See also

  • 'Illuminated City 2001, in Peter Timms, 'Geoff Ricardo: emerging from darkness', Art Monthly, June, 2001, detail front cover.'.
  • 'Love Street 2001, in Peter Timms, 'Geoff Ricardo: emerging from darkness', Art Monthly, June, 2001, pp. 5-7.'.
  • 'Coat of Arms 1997, in Peter Timms, 'Geoff Ricardo: emerging from darkness', Art Monthly, June, 2001, pp. 5-7.'.
  • 'Bum Steer 1996, in Peter Timms, 'Geoff Ricardo: emerging from darkness', Art Monthly, June, 2001, pp. 5-7.'.

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