Finalist in the inaugural <em>Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award</em> and exhibition 2009 Commissioned by the AMP Society for the World Trade Centre and National Bank Building Plaza, George St, Sydney, Australia Private collection, Melbourne, Australia Collection of The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia Commisioned by the Commonwealth Bank for the World Trade Centre, George St, Sydney, Australia Commissioned by MAB Corporation for Docklands New Quay Precinct, Melbourne, Australia Commissioned by the City of Darebin for Bundoora Park, Bundoora, Australia Maquette, Floating sculpture, Proposed height 420cm Chadstone Shopping Centre Collection, Melbourne, Australia

Artist Statement

Intimacy and personal scale are part of my personal brief.

The work, for me, has a sensual, almost erotic feel about it.

Content components - The poetry of Dante, the sculpture of Bernini, the celebration of the spiritual as a description of the physical state of "being there", the Buddhist frame of reference re - the affirmation of the tantric partnerships and the subliminal quest for enlightenment, throw in a pinch of Bosch, in particular his ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’ and a large spoonful of soul.

Bits of some or all of the above, directly or indirectly, reside in the work.

I am optimistic enough to believe the arts flurry of today and all that is associated with it, to some degree at least, balances out the fear factor and aggression of recent times.

To quote ‘Freeman Dyson’ the Princeton astrophysicist who came up with the following insightful phrase, "It is my contention that mind and intelligence are woven into fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our comprehension."

Adrian Mauriks, 2007

News

Fire Within Two

Fire Within Two

2009

Maquette

Painted epoxy resin

Proposed size 1250 cm x 1250 cm x 450 cm

Recently commissioned by Hobsons Bay City Council as part of the Images Of The West Public Art Program - Laverton Gateway, Laverton, Australia

Photographs of the work in progress


Fire Within Two WIP
Fire Within Two WIP
Fire Within Two WIP

Recent Works


Exotic Plant Two (Maquette) by Adrian Mauriks

Exotic Plant Two

2010

Maquette

Painted epoxy resin with timber base

Strange Fruit Suspended (Maquette) by Adrian Mauriks

Strange Fruit Suspended

2009

Maquette

Painted epoxy resin with timber base

Fire Within 2009, by Adrian Mauriks

Fire Within

2009

Bronze

28 x 50 cm

Finalist in the inaugural Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award and exhibition 2009



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Over the years Adrian Mauriks' sculpture has undergone a dramatic transformation - as dramatic as from black to white. His early works were frequently dark in mood, often executed in welded steel, painted black, whereas his current installations have a clarity of spirit which is expressed in pure white forms of elegant expressiveness. It has been a fascinating journey...

Ken Scarlett OAM

Recommended Viewing

Vivaldi Shelter

Vivaldi Shelter, 2003

Bronze, 54 x 71 cm, Edition of 10

Construct II

Construct II, 2006

Exhibited as part of The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award 2006

Lilies

Lilies, 2005

Lilies was exhibited as a part of the Contempora 2, Docklands Festival of Sculpture at New Quay, Melbourne, Australia

Source

Source, 2005

Commissioned by the City of Darebin for Bundoora Park, Bundoora, Australia

Compilation

Compilation, 2003

Compilation was exhibited in the Shanghai Art Fair, November 2004, Shanghai, China

Silence

Silence, 2001-2002

Commissioned by MAB Corporation for Docklands New Quay Precinct, Melbourne, Australia

Garden of Eden, 1998

Garden of Eden, 1998

At Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale Campus, Lillydale, Australia

Bird Totem

Bird Totem, 1988

Commissioned by the AMP Society for the World Trade Centre and National Bank Building Plaza, corner George Street and Jamieson Street, Sydney, Australia

"Altruism is a way of preventing exterminating humanity."
(many thinkers)

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