Robert George Owen b. 1937

Also known as Robert Owen
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Artist, Robert Owen's practice includes sculpture, painting, photography, installation and major public commissions. He has been awarded a John Moore’s Liverpool Exhibition 7 UK prize (1969), represented Australia at the 38th Biennale of Venice (1978), and has received the Australian Council Visual Arts/Crafts Emeritus Award for a lifelong service to the visual arts (2003).
Tags: Artist, Sculpture, Painting, Installation, Photography, Public Art, Sydney, Melbourne
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creator of
Models for Florentia
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Medium
painted steel
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sculpture

Studio view; 20 × 20 × 20 cm (approx.); edition 45
production: Artery Cooperative Ltd (Luke Adams, Hilary Jackman, Jeph Neale, Andrew Sinclair and Peter Skerys).

 
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creator of
Side Phase Drift
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Medium
acrylic on canvas

detail view; 7 units, 122 × 122 cm each; music from the Necks, 'Aquatic’.

 
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creator of
Mantra
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acrylic on canvas

studio view; 150 × 150 cm.; from the series, 'Music for the Eyes’.

 
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creator of
Witness - Facing East
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acrylic on linen

7 units, 122 × 122 cm each; from the music of G. I. Gurdjieff, Chant from a Holy Book.

 
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creator of
Heartland
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acrylic on canvas

3 units; 150 × 150 cm; from the music of Arvo Part, 'Alina’.

 
creator of
Craigieburn Bypass
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With architects Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Tonkin Zulaikha Greer for Victorian Roads Hume Freeway Development

 
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creator of
Edge of the Dunes (Lake Mungo)
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Medium
acrylic on cotton

122 × 122 cm

 
creator of
Webb Bridge
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In collaboration with architects Denton Corker Marshall for the Docklands Authority, Melbourne, Vic.

 
creator of
Memory Pond
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Fountain, light and text installation for Grattan Gardens Plaza, Prahran, Melbourne, Vic.

 
creator of
Discobolus
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Hellenic Tribute, Sydney 2000 Olympics, sculpture installation, Olympic Park, Homebush Bay, Sydney, NSW

 
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creator of
Tears of History (Sorry Stones) and Transitions of Night (Lake Mungo)
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Medium
Astral black granite and acrylic on cotton

paintings 122 × 122 cm each; installation view, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

 
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creator of
Tears of History (Sorry Stones)
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Astral black granite

dimensions variable; installation view, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

 
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creator of
Column of Grief
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15 × 15 × 185 cm; from the Sorry Stones series.

 
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creator of
Breath (The First Difference)
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Medium
glass, lead, PVC, ash, pigment, purified water

141 × 142 × 142 cm

 
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creator of
Silence (To the Lake the Moon has Never Moved)
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Medium
glass, crystal marbles

180 × 250 × 35 cm overall

 
creator of
Axiom
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Sculpture installation for the New Commonwealth Law Courts, Melbourne, Vic.

 
creator of
Vessel
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Public sculpture for the Nippon Exhibition Centre, Chiba, Japan.

 
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creator of
Hiatus
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Medium
wall: photograph on linen floor: talcum powder, 'light', lead 'shadow' and granite rock