Lisa Roet Explained

thumb|An inflatable gibbon sculpture by Roet, mounted on the King's Hall, Edinburgh as part of the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.Lisa Roet (born 1967)[1] is an Australian artist who lives and works in Melbourne. She studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In 2005 she received the McClelland Sculpture Prize. The sculpture, White Ape, is now part of the collection of the McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery.[2]

Roet is interested in the relationship between humans and primates and explores this relationship through her bronze sculptures, charcoal drawings, film and photography. She has travelled to remote areas in Borneo for field observations of apes in forests in addition to involving herself in a range of residencies with research centres and major international zoos.

Roet's work is discussed in Alexie Glass-Kantor's book on the artist, Lisa Roet : uncommon observations,[3] and catalogued by Karen Woodbury in, You're so vain : five contemporary sculptors Michael Doolan, Kate Ellis, Lily Hibberd, Lisa Roet, Tim Silver / exhibition concept.[4]

In 2009 Roet created the film Weeping Forest which documents logging in Borneo.[5] [6]

Roet created an inflatable sculpture of a Golden snub-nosed monkey. Versions of this sculpture have been exhibited at Melbourne Town Hall in Australia,[7] the Inverleith House in Edinburgh,[8] the Opposite House hotel in Beijing,[9] the Temple House in Chengdu,[10] and the H-Code building in Hong Kong.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lisa Roet . OzArts . 6 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Lisa Roet wins $100,000 McClelland Sculpture Prize . State of the Arts . 6 September 2021 . 29 September 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090929232418/http://www.stateart.com.au/sota/news/default.asp?fid=3885. 29 September 2009.
  3. Book: Glass . Alexie . Lisa Roet : uncommon observations . 2004 . Craftsman House . 0-9751965-9-6.
  4. Book: Woodbury . Karen . You're so vain : five contemporary sculptors Michael Doolan, Kate Ellis, Lily Hibberd, Lisa Roet, Tim Silver . 2005 . Karen Woodbury Gallery . Richmond, Vic. . 0-9750429-2-0.
  5. Web site: O'Brien . Kerrie . How we treat animals reflects us as a society, says artist Lisa Roet . The Sydney Morning Herald . 6 September 2021 . en . 26 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Lisa Roet Sustainability . Craft Victoria . 6 September 2021.
  7. Web site: Lisa Roet's 'Golden Monkey' Collaboration Unveiled as Part of 'White Night Melbourne' . Hugo Michell Gallery . 6 September 2021 . 20 February 2016.
  8. Web site: Giant Golden Monkey at Inverleith House . Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh . 6 September 2021 . en.
  9. Web site: Shaw . Catherine . A chimp off the old block: artist Lisa Roet monkeys around in Beijing . Wallpaper . 6 September 2021 . 2 October 2016.
  10. Web site: Asialink Arts 2016 Year in Review . Asialink Arts . 6 September 2021.
  11. Web site: Golden Monkey: A Creative Exploration to the Origin of Human Beings . Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) . 6 September 2021.

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