Ana Barrientos & Robert Delves

Robert Delves & Ana Barrientos

Oct 2023

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to our Pop Up Exhibition at the InterContential Hotel in Sorrento.

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Robert Delves

Robert Delves’ intimate sculptures explore the complexities of the human condition. He embraces the power of the imaginative spirit to create unique and evocative works inspired by our relationship to the world around us, both physical and emotional. Compelled to interrogate these themes deeply, he often works in series. His ‘Mimesis’ series expresses his deeply felt emotional connections to others, while the ‘Fortitude’ series explores human struggle, endurance, and transformation.

Robert holds Fine Arts Degrees from RMIT and VCA. With a career spanning over 30 years, he has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions across Australia. In 2008 he won both the Riddoch Gallery Wood Sculpture Award and Yering Station Sculpture Award. In 2009 he received the Prometheus Visual Art Award, followed by the Heidi sculpture Award in 2012 and the Dame Elizabeth Murdoch Sculpture Award in 2013. His Works are held in corporate and private collections in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK and USA.

White Mimesis – large Fired Clay 40 x 20 x 20 cm $850

Lined Mimesis – Large Fired Clay 40 x 20 x 20 cm $850

Lined Mimesis

Medium Base Fired Clay

33 x 15 x 15 cm

$700

White Mimesis – Small Fired Clay 33 x 15 x 15 cm $700

Courting -

2 Figures Fired Clay

40 x 20 x 20 cm large

33 x 15 x 15 cm small

$2000 Pair

Ana Barrientos

Born during the 1960s, Ana Barrientos and her five siblings were introduced to the world in the beautiful, but unforgiving, volcanic hills of rural El Salvador. Hardship was just one aspect of life on the land, where itinerant work and the mechanics of just living were the focus of most days. Depressive it was not however, and for Ana, the chance to play with others and indulge in exploration of her regional Utopia was the highlight of her childhood. These memories remain strong, and underpin the inspiration for her current artwork.

Ana’s first steps into her world of art began as a young child, using black pencil and an exercise book. Those closest to her, the nearby haciendas and a vibrant tropical jungle all succumbed to her imagination and rendition on paper – although it was not until a coloured pencil set was won in a raffle, that at age 14, she was finally able to express herself in colour.

Now settled in regional Victoria with her husband Murray, Ana has once again reached out to art, and this recent body of work is indeed a love letter to El Salvador as Ana has delved into her childhood to recreate her most cherished memories.