Guy Boyd
"Swimmer entering the Water" 1984
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Swimmer Entering Water, 1984 Guy Boyd
Now seen at Blue Water Leisure Centre Colac While the Blue Water Lesiure Centre was undergoing renovation the Sculpture spent time at RRRTAG thanks the RRRTAG committee who found out a little of its history through Guy's daughter Lenore- "Swimmer Entering Water" is a bronze cast of a numbered edition There are several casts of the piece in existence. Guy Boyd lived by the sea in Brighton, Melbourne for many years and spent much time walking on the shore. He was always entranced by the bathers and scenes on the beach and this theme features in much of his work. "Swimmer entering Water" was originally donated to the sculpture Park in Colac The Park was a wonderful idea, as sculpture particularly lends itself to display in nature. Unfortunately the sculpture was seriously vandalized while in the Park and had to be repaired. At that stage it was decided to find a more secure location. Guy Boyd CV Selected Individual Exhibitions 1965 Australian Galleries, Melbourne Bonython Art Gallery, Melbourne 1967 The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane 1968, 71, 76, 81, 83, 85, 89von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle 1970 The Leicester Galleries, London 1974 Andrew Ivanyi Galleries, Melbourne 1975 Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide 1976, 78, 80, 82, 84, 87, 90Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 1976 Dominion Gallery, Montreal 1977, 80The Randall Gallery, New York 1978 Retrospective: The Australian Embassy, Washington DC 1979 Shaw Rimington Gallery, Toronto 1981, 83, 85, 88Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney 1984, 88 Greenhill Galleries, Perth 1984 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1985 Golden Age (David Ellis) Gallery, Ballarat 1986 Clarkson University, New York 1987 David Ellis Fine Art, Melbourne Awards 1968 Churchill Fellowship Collections and Commissions Australian National Gallery, Canberra National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Art Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney University of New South Wales, Sydney University of Melbourne, Melbourne University of Newcastle, Newcastle McLelland Art Foundation, Melbourne Colac Sculpture Park Churchill House, Canberra International Airport, Melbourne International Airport, Sydney Australian Embassy, Washington DC Prudential Art Museum, Toronto Ballarat Art Gallery, Ballarat La Trobe University, Melbourne Monash University, Melbourne National Sports Complex, Canberra Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery, Darwin Deakin University Clarkson University, New York Bibliography Guy Boyd: The Sculptor Anne von Bertouch (with The Sculpture Patrick Hutchings), Lansdowne Press, 1976 Australian Sculptors, Ken Scarlett, Nelson, 1980 |
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