Charles Rocco
Wire Mesh
Sculpture Galleries
Private Commissions
Sentimentalia. 1993.
Mixed media.
80 x 30 x 30cm.
Temporary installation.
© Charles Rocco
Primordial Shields. (detail). 1994.
Wire mesh, mixed media.
100 x 120 x 40cm.
Temporary installation.
© Charles Rocco
Rainforest. (detail). 1995.
Wire mesh, mixed media.
400 x 300 x 300cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Birdcatchers. (detail). 1995.
Wire mesh, mixed media.
200 x 200 x 600cm.
Temporary installation.
© Charles Rocco
Nun at Table. 1995.
Wire mesh, mixed media.
180 x 180 x 100cm.
Private Collection
© Charles Rocco
Flybaby. 1995.
Wire mesh, mixed media.
100 x 150 x 100cm.
Private Collection.
“Rocco doesn’t deconstruct the conventions of portraiture. In some works, the connection with portraiture is evasive, but it’s the sculpture that conveys the presence of an identity.”
Robert Nelson, THE AGE, September 6, 1995.
God Sucks Those He Loves Up to Heaven. 1997.
Wire mesh, copper wire.
220 x 120 x 120.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
No Going Back. 1997.
Timber, wire, plastic, glass.
200 x 30 x 30cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Co-opted. 1999.
Wire mesh.
200 x 40 x 50cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
Open Hatch with Ballast. 1999.
Wire mesh, river stones.
200 x 60 x 40cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Checkmate. (detail from Antigone stage set). 1999.
Wire mesh.
186 x 40 x 40cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
Miranda. 2000.
Wire mesh.
150 x 100 x 100cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
Ruby. 2000.
Wire mesh.
150 x 100 x 70cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
Amethyst. 2000.
Wire mesh.
150 x 70 x 70cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
Full Up. 2000.
Wire mesh, river stones.
220 x 60 x 50cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Dirigible. 2000.
Wire mesh, copper wire, silver.
210 x 60 x 60cm.
Private collection.
© Charles Rocco
Libby Dee Breeding the People. 2000.
Wire mesh, plastic, found objects.
80 x 100 x 30cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
Nya nya. 2000.
Wire mesh.
200 x 50 x 30cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
“… sculpture of amazing lightness described as spiders’ webs and computer-enhanced robots… lifelike forms that many artists would regard as armatures ready to receive wax or clay for the next stage of their fabrication. Intriguing.”
Jeff Makin, Herald Sun Arts Review, May 22, 2000.
Tabletop Dancer. 2000.
Wire mesh, glass.
170 x 70 x 120cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Nescient at the Precipice. 2000.
Wire mesh, copper wire, stone, clay.
30 x 30 x 30cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
Incensed Blowhards. 2000.
(Environment Box).
Wire mesh, copper, glass, plastic, clay.
120 x 100 x 100cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
The Welcome. 2000.
Wire mesh, plastic.
180 x 200 x 100cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Scarecrows. (detail). 2000.
Wire mesh, steel, concrete.
500 x 400 x 400cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
Bird Slam. (detail). 2001.
Copper, glass, hebel stone, feathers.
120 x 30 x 30cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Nest. 2001.
(Environment Box).
Wire mesh, copper, Perspex, found objects.
250 x 220 x 30cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Shell. 2000.
(Environment Box).
Wire mesh, river stones.
120 x 200 x 100cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Takeaways. 2001.
Wire mesh, plastic, found objects.
150 x 200 x 100cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
TOTEMS
BROKEN WHOLE SERIES
Girl with Cats. 2004.
Wire mesh, chicken wire, river stones.
190 x 160 x 40cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Coming Out. 2004.
Wire mesh, river stones.
210 x 40 x 40cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Downstream. 2004.
Wire mesh, river stones.
150 x 90 x 100cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Woman with Pig. 2004.
Wire mesh, river stones.
200 x 80 x 70cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Misery Man. 2004.
Wire mesh, chain, river stones.
185 x 75 x 50cm.
Private collection.
© Charles Rocco
Tough Love. 2004.
Wire mesh, barbed wire, river stones.
210 x 100 x 80cm.
Private collection
© Charles Rocco
Rio. 2004.
Wire mesh, wire, river stones.
200 x 130 x 40cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Sumo. 2004.
Wire mesh, river stones.
130 x 150 x 80cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Reclining Nude. 2004.
Wire mesh, river stones.
160 x 100 x 60cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
The Divers. 2004.
Wire mesh, river stones.
160 x 160 x 60cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
The Supplicant. 2004.
Wire mesh, concrete, red gum, plastic, steel.
120 x 210 x 50cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
The French Kiss. 2004.
Wire mesh, steel, red gum, river stones.
200 x 150 x 20cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
The Jester and the Clown. 2004.
Wire mesh, lead.
140 x 180 x 100cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
The Stare. 2004.
Wire mesh, red gum.
80 x 15 x 15cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Emu. 2004.
Wire mesh, wire, glass.
130 x 20 x 20cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
The Warped Mandolin. 2004.
Wire mesh, copper, red gum.
130 x 20 x 15cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
Mother and Child. 2004.
Wire mesh, copper.
100 x 30 x 25cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Declining Nude. 2004.
Wire mesh.
160 x 160 x 60cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
Taken. 2005.
Wire mesh.
160 x 60 x 40cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Jelly Belly. 2005.
Wire mesh.
160 x 90 x 50cm.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco
Aloha Girl. 2005.
Wire mesh.
170 x 90 x 50cm.
Private Collection.
© Charles Rocco
Divers in Stages. 2008.
(Indoor pool setting)
Wire mesh.
200 x 400 x 150cm.
Private Commission.
© Charles Rocco
On site installation.
Equus. (Head pieces for stage play). 2009.
Wire mesh.
Owned by the artist.
© Charles Rocco