RICHARD GRAYSON


represented by Matt's Gallery London
and Yuill|Crowley, Sydney



ARTWORK

INSTALLATION AND VIDEO PROJECTS

 


Triumph
(in collaboration with Steve Wigg)
Wet clay on wood - 4.6m x 4.3m x 2.7m
2012

The Objectivist Studio
Installation - 2011

The Magpie Index
single-screen high-definition video projection - 2010

The Golden Space City of God
video installation - 2009

The Golden Space City of God
drawings - 2009-10

Intelligence
three-channel video projection
2004/5

Intelligence
drawings
2004 - ongoing

Messiah
two-channel video projection
2004

Ghosthouses
two-channel video projection with spoken text
2003/4


A Walk up the Hill in Six different Countries
single-channel video projection
2002


The Family Starship Troopers
video projection
2004

Ahistoryofreading
single-channel video projection
1999

Various things explained
single-channel video
1998

Triumph
(in collaboration with Steve Wigg)
Wet clay on wood - 4.3m x 4.3m x 2.7m
1996
PHOTO DRAWING PRINTS AND PAINTINGS


The Banks of Torun
watercolour series - 2010


Colliders
digital prints - 2009

Tombs of Christ
drawings - 2006/7

Ways the World Ends
wall painting
2005

Suspicious Fires
digital prints
2004

Ways the World Ends
print series
2003

You can't get there from here
digital print/berlin bunker installation
2003

Ways the World Ends
painting series
2002


Negative Space (Things I don't understand)
painting series
2000


Target Work
wall text installation
2000

1000 Accidents
wall text installation + works on paper
1999

Robinson Crusoe
maps
1999

A Famous Struggle/The Loss of Virginity
cardboard
1998

Alternative History Paintings
painting series
1998

Look: Self Expression
(Art Magazine front Cover) Self reflection: Self Doubt (Art Magazine Back Cover ). Newsprint 420mmx597mm

1996

Dear Richard
C type Photos 2.2m x 3.15m
1984 -1996


Title
Petunias and African Marigolds
15m x 20m x 40m
1995

Work About The Real World
Installation Potato print on paper
3m x 6.5m
1995

Letter/Message/Fact
Hammer-drilled plaster
3.5m x 6.5m
1995

Lilliput
Wet clay figures. Dimensions variable
A work made for exhibition specifically referring to the histories and myths of Adelaide. Adelaide is built close to where Swift positioned Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels. It also has a history of conservatism and strange sex crimes involving children. The figures were made from wet clay. During the period of exhibition the figures were disturbed/vandalised by visitors.
1995

Letter Paintings
Painting series
1993-1995

Found Text
1mx 3.5m. Acetate and glass.
Text concerning structures of film funding found on floor of disused warehouse enlarged and acetated onto basement skylight.
1994

Mine
Petunias. 12m x 3m
Installed on the bank of the Torrens river opposite the Festival Centre and viewable from the Festival Centre on the other bank, as well as presenting a view of it from the work. The site has multiple uses. It is the (white) recreational and cultural centre of Adelaide, is used as a sleeping and drug taking area by local youth and street kids and is a site of traditional significance.
1994

Helen /Steve (my keys are upstairs)
Hammer drilled brick. 2.8m x 3m
1994
Survivors Tell
Installation Silk Screen on cotton shirts. Dimensions variable
The text was drawn from a newspaper headline and reads 'Survivors tell horror tales of atrocities' When shown as a group, the reading of this text was radically different as to when worn individually.
1992


Belshazzar
Hammerdrilled plaster.
4m x 3m x 2.5 x 4m.
1992

Alpha/bet
(with Michele Luke)
35 mins duration
1989
Just what is it (that makes todays homes so different, so glamorous?) - (with Michele Luke) 30 mins duration
1988

Grayson Industries
music cd
1985

50 Violent Acts
Performance
45 mins duration
1984

THE BASEMENT GROUP
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
1979 - 1984
 

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