PAINTING
ROBERT RICOV
(CROATIA/AUSTRALIA)
 
DETAILS
Giclée print on canvas
(1/9) Limited edition
Hand-signed by the artist
28 x 35 cm
2016
 
DESCRIPTION
The first in a series of four. A hand crushing the life out of an egg before it had even the chance to develop. Was it an act of kindness, preventing the experience of being born into this world? Perhaps I love my children too much to inflict this Earth experience upon them. Or perhaps this is just an excuse to hide my fear of being the responsible one. And if I am preventing that life, is that not a reflection of my own? Am I then not living as I should? There came a moment when I tired of these ponderings and instead decided to just paint them.
 
BIO
Robert Ricov b. 1973 Sydney, Australia BA 1994, College of Visual Arts, Sydney Robert Ricov has been living, working, and exhibiting in Croatia since he moved there in 2022. His oil paintings, in a style he refers to as “surreal maximalist realism,” use symbolism to represent themes such as the loss of innocence, betrayal, and hope. In October of 2023, Robert traveled to the island of Menorca, Spain, where he was mentored by Guillermo Lorca and Martin Wittfooth. It wasn’t until a few months after that he realized how profoundly this experience affected the direction of his work. After Robert became finalist in the Toolip Art Contest in Budapest in 2024, he is represented exclusively by the Toolip Art Gallery.