Exhibition

Trevor Richards // C-Change

Trevor Richards, C5 (Contact), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 122cm x 122cm
Trevor Richards, C5 (Contact), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 122cm x 122cm

Trevor Richards presents a body of work that showcases the full breadth of his practice for his first exhibition with Art Collective WA.

Encompassing a singular colour palette and all created within the unusual confines of 2020, paintings and 3D forms in the gallery are complemented by architectural interventions outside in the Urban Art Gallery of Cathedral Square.

The uncertainty and isolation that the global COVID-19 pandemic induced is obliquely referenced in the works: colour and line interact within dark fields, and the evolution from raw beginnings to more refined statements can be traced throughout the exhibition.

‘One morning in February 2020, I drove to Bunnings and didn't feel safe or brave enough to enter. I turned around and came home, resolving to use what materials I had left in the studio to continue on. I started slicing masking tape into thin strips to make it last longer...’

Trevor Richards, C15 (Crossing), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 161 x 177cm (1)
Trevor Richards, C7 (Rise and Fall), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 91.4 x 183cm
Trevor Richards, C4 (Together Apart), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 84cm
Trevor Richards, C6 (Appearance), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 183cm
Trevor Richards, C1 (Tracers), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200cm
Trevor Richards, C5 (Contact), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 122 x 122cm
Trevor Richards, C10 (Crux), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92cm
Trevor Richards, C9 (Hope), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92cm
Trevor Richards, C8 (Sample), 2020, acrylic on birch panel, 70cm diameter
Trevor Richards, C3 (Night), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 122 x 122cm
Trevor Richards, C17 (All Things Considered), acrylic tape and epoxy resin on canvas, 61 x 81cm
Trevor Richards, C14 (SH), 2020, acrylic tape and epoxy resin on canvas, 61 x 81cm
Trevor Richards, C13 (Ray), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 81 x 61cm
Trevor Richards, C11 (Cuts), 2020, acrylic on marine ply, 34 x 90cm
Trevor RIchards, C18 (Black), paint and aluminium 74 x 58 x 90cm
Trevor Richards, C19 (Colour), 2021 paint and aluminium 84 x 84 x 74cm
Trevor Richards, Frame 4, 2020, acrylic on balsa wood, 30 x 20 x 10cm
Trevor Richards, Frame 1, 2020, acrylic on balsa wood, 30 x 20 x 10cm
Trevor Richards, Frame 2, 2020, acrylic on balsa wood, 30 x 20 x 10cm
Trevor Richards, Frame 3, 2020, acrylic on balsa wood, 30 x 20 x 10cm
Trevor Richards, C-Change installation, vinyl tape on glass, Cathedral Square 2021
Trevor Richards, C-Change, February 2021, Art Collective WA. Acorn Photo (1)
Trevor Richards, C-Change, February 2021, Art Collective WA. Acorn Photo (3)
Trevor Richards, C-Change, February 2021, Art Collective WA. Acorn Photo (4)
Trevor Richards, C-Change, February 2021, Art Collective WA. Acorn Photo (5)
Trevor Richards, C-Change, February 2021, Art Collective WA. Acorn Photo (8)
Trevor Richards, C-Change, February 2021, Art Collective WA. Acorn Photo (9)
Trevor Richards, C-Change, February 2021, Art Collective WA. Acorn Photo (10)
Trevor Richards, C-Change, February 2021, Art Collective WA. Acorn Photo
Trevor Richards, C-Change, February 2021, Art Collective WA. Acorn Photo (6)
Trevor Richards, C-Change, February 2021, Art Collective WA. Acorn Photo (7)
Trevor Richards, Crossing the Square, 2021 (3)
Trevor Richards, Crossing the Square, 2021 (1)
Trevor Richards, Crossing the Square, 2021 (2)