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.
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Name
Geoffrey Ricardo
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Active Period
  • c.1990 - c.2001
Residence
  • c.2001 Brooklyn, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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Related recognitions
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Related events
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