Richard Blackwell, a young, emerging talent from Canberra, continues his fascination with real and virtual boundaries for Grotto Volume 3. Following on from his solo shows in Canberra (Grotto 1) and Chicago (Grotto 2), Blackwell employs veneers, digital projections and aluminium printing techniques to play with ideas of spatial distortion, inspired by architectural forms and landscapes. Illusionary tropes transform accepted constraints between interior and exterior to create new readings of accessible and impenetrable space.

Blackwell graduated from ANU School of Art, Canberra in 2008 and has since shown nationally and internationally. His work is represented in the collection of Artbank and various private and corporate collections nationally.

Fault Line, 2010
Synthetic Polymer paint on MDF
240 x 240 x 16cm

Grotto - Enter 2011
Pigment print on aluminium composite
100 x 175cm

East Village 2011
Laminex on MDF
115 x 230cm

Chelsea 2011
Laminex on MDF
115 x 230cm

Supermolet - Field 2011
Direct print on anodised aluminium
115 x 115cm
edition of 3

Supermolet - Belt 2011
Direct print on anodised aluminium
115 x 115cm
edition of 3

Supermolet - Cluster 2011
Direct print on anodised aluminium
115 x 115cm
edition of 3

Soho 2011
Laminex on MDF
110 x 210cm

Twist and turn 2011
Direct print on Canadian maple and MDF
230 x 110cm

Hollow 2011
Direct print on Canadian maple and MDF
120cm diameter

Deep 2011
Direct print on Canadian maple and MDF
120cm diameter

Stream 2011
Laminex on MDF
100 x 200cm

Flood 2011
Laminex on MDF
100 x 200cm

Roll 2011
Laminex on MDF
114cm diameter

Flow 2011
Laminex on MDF
114cm diameter

Maquette for a
Fault Line 1, 2011
Synthetic Polymer
paint on MDF
70 x 60 cm

Maquette for a
Fault Line 2, 2011
Synthetic Polymer
paint on MDF
80 x 60 cm

Maquette for a
Fault Line 3, 2011
Synthetic Polymer
paint on MDF
80 x 60 cm