Marc Ricourt
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BIOGRAPHY
Marc Ricourt has exhibited extensively in the UK and internationally. His work is placed in significant private and public collections, including Musée des Pays de L'Ain, France; the Wood Turning Center, UK; The Center for Art in Wood, USA; and the ASU Art Museum, Tempe, USA. He was shortlisted for the Loewe Craft Prize 2020.
Marc Ricourt draws his inspiration from the ancient utilitarian object of the vessel. He comments that, ‘I’ve based my work around a simple but very essential object, as it was the first tool created and used by mankind… My work on vessels has allowed me to develop a relationship between ancient or geographically remote cultures and civilizations and modern creations. The most important facet of my work is the research and exploration of new forms, colours, textures and finishes.’
Marc sources the wood he uses from his local landscape in Dijon, France. He initially turns on a traditional lathe and then intricately carves and treats the surfaces through bleaching, dying or an application of ferrous oxide, to explore the vessel through organic shapes that often recall seedpods and the undulating edges of leaves, carved as delicate linear fins. Historically, Marc has worked with green wood and followed the grain of the timber to achieve the perfect form. Recently, however, he has been experimenting with dried out firewood taken from the heart of the tree, to create highly textured rugged surfaces that heighten the sculptural aspect of his work.
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Works
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Marc RicourtBeech #04, 2024Beech
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Marc RicourtBeech #03, 2024Beech
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Marc RicourtOak #01, 2024Oak
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Marc RicourtOak #02, 2024Oak
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Marc RicourtUntitled 1, 2024Oak
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Marc RicourtUntitled 2, 2024Oak
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Marc RicourtUntitled 4, 2024Oak
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Marc RicourtCommission: Ash Pair, 2024Ash
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Marc RicourtUntitled 3, 2023Oak
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Marc RicourtUntitled 2, 2023Oak
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Marc RicourtUntitled 1, 2023Beech
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Marc RicourtUntitled 2, 2023Beech
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Marc RicourtUntitled 3, 2023Beech
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Marc RicourtScorched Vessel 02.0521, 2021Oak
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Marc Ricourt07 Beech 09.19, 2019Beech
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Marc Ricourt01 Beech AP14, 2014, 2014Beech
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Marc RicourtUntitled I, 2022Hornbeam
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Marc RicourtUntitled II, 2022Hornbeam
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Marc Ricourt12 Maple, 2019Maple
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Marc Ricourt11 Maple, 2019Maple
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Marc Ricourt01 Oak DM18, 2018Oak
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Marc Ricourt01 Oak PAD18, 2018Oak
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Marc Ricourt13 Oak Ferrous Oxide B17, 2017Oak
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Marc RicourtScorched Vessel 07.0521, 2021Oak
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Marc RicourtScorched Vessel 06.0521, 2021Oak
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Marc RicourtScorched Vessel 04.0521, 2021Oak
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EXHIBITIONS
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PAD London
Art Fair 10 - 15 October 2023At PAD London we will showcase ‘Chamber’, a global survey of material-led, specialist endemic design. Chamber speaks to the abundance of the earth from which our artist-designer-makers sustainably source and... -
Nature / Nurture at Collect Art Fair 2022
23 - 27 February 2022These two ideas have been historically cast in binary opposition, an incompatible comparison between human influence and the natural world. Yet there is clearly a pressing need to reassess and... -
Outside In
Landscapes re-imagined in contemporary art & design. 1 - 27 October 2021OFFSITE : 6 - 7 Motcomb Street Chelsea London SW1X Opening hours: Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 5pm Outside In presents exceptional works of...
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