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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Fine Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  28 Nov 2012 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  8
• Lot Description:
  Rick Amor
  born 1948
  The Pillar, 1992/93/98
  oil on canvas
  96.5 x 96.5 cm
  signed and dated lower right: RICK AMOR 92-98; dated and titled verso: THE PILLAR / JAN 92 / June 93 / MAY 98
• Provenance:
  Niagara Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso); Private collection, Queensland
• Notes:
  ‘The paintings of Rick Amor often remind me of the Theatre of the Absurd. I wonder if he has read Pinter, Ionesco, Beckett – particularly Pinter? Maybe, maybe not, but I look at some of his paintings and to me they seem like stage sets where, although the subject depicted is realistic, at the same time it departs from reality; the place, time, identity become fluid, ambiguous, dreamlike, nightmare-like. Just as Pinter’s plays are often characterised by feelings of menace evoked by what on the surface appears to be a trivial situation, so do Amor’s paintings provoke feelings of unease. As in the Theatre of the Absurd, objects within a painting may at first seem randomly chosen for no apparent reason. However, these objects are thrown together with other elements, often a stormy backdrop, a windswept hill or an angry sky, presenting an underlying structure and meaning. The result is a painting which is redolent with haunting menace.’1 1. Michelle McDonald, letter to the author, June 2007, quoted in Fry, G., Rick Amor, Beagle Press, Melbourne, 2008, p. 99
• Estimate:
  A$30,000 - 40,000
• Realised Price:
  *****
  

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• Category:
  Art

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