Ro Robertson
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The Hepworth WakefieldJoined Artfinder: Oct. 2023
Artworks for sale: 1
United Kingdom
About Ro Robertson
Biography
Ro Robertson (they/them) is a contemporary artist based in West Cornwall. Robertson’s practice spans sculpture, drawing, painting and video, mediums through which they explore the boundaries of the human body and its environment.
Robertson works site specifically, often outdoors, with a multi-sensory focus on the body in the
landscape. Unity between the material of the natural landscape and the body reclaims a space for LGBTQ+ identity against a history of being deemed ‘against nature’. Physical explorations of the natural landscape feed into ‘automatic’ abstract drawings and short mediative video works. Robertson’s largescale sculptures embed the fluidity of this cyclical practice into rigid and industrial materials such as Cor-ten steel and marine paint, materials that bridge their family heritage of ship building and their sculptural practice.
Robertson works site specifically, often outdoors, with a multi-sensory focus on the body in the
landscape. Unity between the material of the natural landscape and the body reclaims a space for LGBTQ+ identity against a history of being deemed ‘against nature’. Physical explorations of the natural landscape feed into ‘automatic’ abstract drawings and short mediative video works. Robertson’s largescale sculptures embed the fluidity of this cyclical practice into rigid and industrial materials such as Cor-ten steel and marine paint, materials that bridge their family heritage of ship building and their sculptural practice.
