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Rick RivetAbove the Beach 9 - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas2022
2022
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Rick Rivet’s powerful series of contemporary paintings called Above the Beach is designed to address the environmental threats against the Arctic. Pollution, climate change, the oil and gas industry, mining—all have had a profound effect on the indigenous way of life in the polar regions. The Metis artist has acquired an international reputation for his artwork which often offers a poetic, spiritual and historically relevant view of indigenous and Western cultures. Using his characteristic expressive brushstrokes Rivet portrays a large sperm whale at the bottom of the canvas; the shallow waters of the ocean swirling above it. The colour palette is symbolic—the red line signifies pollution, the white lines represent the different paths taken and the green the renewal of life. The ocean is rendered in bright yellow, turquoise and orange.
“When I was growing up I always saw that animals were no less important than animals in the cosmos. I envisioned them as floating between the landscapes of a physical and a metaphysical or spiritual reality.” Rick Rivet
Richard James Rivet was born in Aklavik in the Northwest Territories in a Metis family. He grew up on the land and his family lived by trapping, hunting and fishing. Rivet has four degrees from three universities. He completed his MFA at the U. of Saskatchewan in 1989 and began creating art full-time. Rivet has been the recipient of more than twenty awards, scholarships and bursaries including a Fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, and the Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship Residency Program for the Heard Museum in Phoenix. His work is held in private, corporate, and public collections in Canada and the US.
- Creator:Rick Rivet (1949, Canadian)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 42 in (106.68 cm)Width: 47.5 in (120.65 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Bloomfield, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU29114123902
Rick Rivet
Rick Rivet is Metis, born in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. His family lived by trapping, hunting and fishing. Rivet completed his MFA at the University of Saskatchewan in 1989 and began painting full time. His influences are varied and derive from shamanistic imagery of people the world over, including North American Indigenous, Inuit, Australian Aborigine, Norse, Oceanic and Siberian. Rivet has been the recipient of more than 20 awards, scholarships and bursaries, including a Fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis and the Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship Residency Program for the Heard Museum in Phoenix. His work is in private, corporate and public collections in Canada and the U.S.
(Biography provided by OENO Gallery)
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