Ulrich Riek - "Dung Beetle - Hybrid series no 6/11"

Dung Beetle - Hybrid series no 6/11
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W: 600mm x H: 500mm x D: 300mm
W: 24" x H: 20" x D: 12"

Approx. Weight: 4.5kg

This work is unframed

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US$ 311 SOLD

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About "Dung Beetle - Hybrid series no 6/11"

Robotic dung beetle created by the endangered wildlife trust in order to gather information from the local dung beetle population as they are an indicator species that shows us how humans are impacting on the environment.The antennae relay the information in real time back to the research facility.

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About Ulrich

Ulrich Riek was born in 1964 in the North West Province, after completing two years of national service he completed the Graphic design diploma at Ruth Prowse School of art in Cape Town.
In addition to actively sculpting and painting, Ulrich works in the Cape Town Film Industry. Ninety percent of Ulrich's art is created with recycled and found items.

This is a short statement Ulrich made with regards to his mixed media work:

Nature and Technology: The evolution of both, combined, make for interesting visual dynamics.Discarded metals utilized in a graphic representation of an imaginary scenario, and incorporating almost robotic like creatures in three dimensions creates an almost possible situation. Ancient rock becomes modern metal, becomes rusted metal, becomes part of earth again. In such a way nature and technology are invariably the same, cycles repeated.By combining various materials in the creatures sometimes have surprising results. The stories behind each piece evolves whilst each piece is made.

Price Range

US$ 79-920

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Exhibitions

Stanford Gallery, Western Cape

Resonance, Waterfront, CT

Red!! The Gallery, CT

Dragonfly Studio, CT

Feathers Studios, CT

Fisherman’s Gallery, Hermanus.

VEO Gallery - Cape Town

Education

Graphic Design Diploma, Ruth Prowse School of Art, Cape Town.

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