Richard Lewer
Mike, Jeremy, Pat, Max and me playing table-tennis in Mike’s shed 2008
synthetic polymer paint on billiard-table cloth
100 x 200 cm
© Courtesy the artist and Block Projects, Melbourne
Photograph: Andrew Curtis
Mike, Jeremy, Pat, Max and me playing table-tennis in Mike’s shed 2008
synthetic polymer paint on billiard-table cloth
100 x 200 cm
© Courtesy the artist and Block Projects, Melbourne
Photograph: Andrew Curtis
Richard Lewer's personal mantra is 'skill, discipline and training' and he pursues these characteristics in both sport and the practice of making art. For Lewer, sport is a vehicle with which to explore the social fabric of a community. The artist has literally integrated athletic training into his practice, which has culminated in performances incorporating boxing, wood-chopping and table tennis.
Richard Lewer was born in 1970 in Hamilton, New Zealand, and arrived in Australia in 1997. He currently lives and works in Melbourne. Since the late 1990s he has exhibited widely in Australia and New Zealand.