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: 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