when: 06 August 2025 - 19 July 2026 | venue: Museum of Contemporary Art | cost: Adult: $20 | Concession: $16 | Tertiary student: $16 | Under 18s: $0 | MCA Members: $0 | address: 140 George Street , The Rocks NSW 2000 | website: https://www.mca.com.au/exhibitions/ricky-swallow-loti-smorgon-sculpture-terrace-commission-2025/
published: 19 Aug 2025, 5 min read
Ricky Swallow's Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission transforms four everyday stainless steel spoons into something unfamiliar by altering their scale and context.
Bent Forms #1-#4 has been created by Swallow from scaled-up wax prints of actual teaspoons, which he has bent into various shapes. Envisioned as a kind of tableau, or grouping of figures, the sculptures are products of intense studio labour. Their distorted forms reference spoon bending, a trick often performed to demonstrate telekinesis - the supposed manipulation of objects through the mind. Like many of the artist's works, these sculptures capture an energy that is not visible or immediately understood.
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Ricky Swallow's Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission transforms four everyday stainless steel spoons into something unfamiliar by altering their scale and context.
Bent Forms #1-#4 has been created by Swallow from scaled-up wax prints of actual teaspoons, which he has bent into various shapes. Envisioned as a kind of tableau, or grouping of figures, the sculptures are products of intense studio labour. Their distorted forms reference spoon bending, a trick often performed to demonstrate telekinesis - the supposed manipulation of objects through the mind. Like many of the artist's works, these sculptures capture an energy that is not visible or immediately understood.
Go see Ricky Swallow, 'Bent Forms #1-#4', 2025.
Ricky Swallow, 'Bent Forms #1-#4', 2025 is on 06 August 2025 - 19 July 2026. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in The Rocks. Call +61 2 9245 2400 for details. Visit their website at https://www.mca.com.au/exhibitions/ricky-swallow-loti-smorgon-sculpture-terrace-commission-2025/.
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