Lisa Roet (born 1967)[1] is an Australian artist who lives and works in Melbourne. She studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.[1] In 2005 she received the McClelland Sculpture Prize. The sculpture, White Ape, is now part of the collection of the McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery.[2]
Roet is interested in the relationship between humans and primates and explores this relationship through her bronze sculptures, charcoal drawings, film and photography. She has travelled to remote areas in Borneo for field observations of apes in forests in addition to involving herself in a range of residencies with research centres and major international zoos.[citation needed]
Roet's work is discussed in Alexie Glass-Kantor's book on the artist, Lisa Roet : uncommon observations,[3] and catalogued by Karen Woodbury in, You're so vain : five contemporary sculptors Michael Doolan, Kate Ellis, Lily Hibberd, Lisa Roet, Tim Silver / exhibition concept.[4]
In 2009 Roet created the film Weeping Forest which documents logging in Borneo.[5][6]
Roet created an inflatable sculpture of a Golden snub-nosed monkey. Versions of this sculpture have been exhibited at Melbourne Town Hall in Australia,[7] Inverleith House in Edinburgh,[8][9] the Opposite House hotel in Beijing,[10] the Temple House in Chengdu,[11] and the H-Code building in Hong Kong.[12]
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Roet's "White Ape" sculpture, on display in the McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery. -
Roet's Golden Monkey installation on Inverleith House in Edinburgh, Scotland. -
An inflatable gibbon sculpture by Roet, mounted on the King's Hall, Edinburgh as part of the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
References
edit- ^ a b "Lisa Roet". OzArts. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Lisa Roet wins $100,000 McClelland Sculpture Prize". State of the Arts. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ Glass, Alexie (2004). Lisa Roet : uncommon observations. Craftsman House. ISBN 0-9751965-9-6.
- ^ Woodbury, Karen (2005). You're so vain : five contemporary sculptors Michael Doolan, Kate Ellis, Lily Hibberd, Lisa Roet, Tim Silver. Richmond, Vic.: Karen Woodbury Gallery. ISBN 0-9750429-2-0.
- ^ O'Brien, Kerrie (26 November 2020). "How we treat animals reflects us as a society, says artist Lisa Roet". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Lisa Roet Sustainability". Craft Victoria. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Lisa Roet's 'Golden Monkey' Collaboration Unveiled as Part of 'White Night Melbourne'". Hugo Michell Gallery. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Giant Golden Monkey at Inverleith House". Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ Traynor, Sian (4 November 2020). "Striking golden monkey climbs Botanics walls to warn locals of climate change". edinburghlive. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Shaw, Catherine (2 October 2016). "A chimp off the old block: artist Lisa Roet monkeys around in Beijing". Wallpaper. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Asialink Arts 2016 Year in Review". Asialink Arts. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Golden Monkey: A Creative Exploration to the Origin of Human Beings". Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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