Robert Delves

Robert Delves is a Melbourne based sculptor who has been practicing for over twenty years in a variety of media. He holds Fine Art degrees from RMIT and the VCA. Delves has participated in many important solo and group exhibitions including the Montalto Sculpture Prize exhibition, Yering Station Sculpture exhibition, Contempora 2, Docklands and the McClelland Gallery Grounds for Sculpture exhibition. In 2008 he was the recipient of the Riddoch Gallery Wood Sculpture Award and the Yering Station Sculpture Award. In 2009 Delves won the Prometheus Visual Art Award. Robert Delves' sculptures are part of high profile public, corporate and private collections in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK and the USA.

Robert Delves' sculptures evolved from a drawing made of the English sculptor Anthony Caro. His outline image is placed upon a roadwork sign in an act of creative play. The image of the figure is then immediately transformed into a sinister character, a hooded rebel; The Art Rebel.

Each of Delves' sculptural figures is based on a controversial modern artist, such as Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock. These enigmatic silhouettes are made from street signs and cast their own distorted shadows. Each cut-out figure rises up from the ground with a bold and distinctive mirrored, metal-plated shadow making them appear larger than they really are.