Rick Amor is among Australia’s most collectible artists. Best known for his psychologically incisive landscapes and atmospheric scenes of everyday life, Amor found his artistic beginnings in the world of political cartoons, working for several publications including ‘Overland’, where he was on the board until 1998. Working in this industry, Amor created hand-drawn works that were incisively political - sparking conversation, and responding directly, and honestly, to the world around him. These political cartoons are striking reflections of the diversity of Amor’s artistic skill.

In 'Untitled (Hamer)', Amor responds directly and unapologetically to the political events of the period. Rare to the market, Amor’s ‘Untitled (Hamer)’ depicts Sir Rupert James Hamer, premier of Victoria between 1972-1981 holding a small animal. Hamer was recognised for his progressive environmental and cultural reforms, with particular interest in the protection of the endangered Leadbeater possum - the dying animal in Hamer’s hands. Here, Amor uses art as a form of political commentary as he references the intensifying environmental policies in 1978 Victoria. Through exaggerated caricatures, absurd scenes, and comedic text, Amor creates cartoons that are bitingly witty and darkly humorous. The result is a scene that exemplifies the artist’s ability to merge comedy with critique.

Amor has been the subject of numerous public exhibitions at the Art Gallery of South Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Australian Print Workshop. He is also held in the collections of most major Australian institutions. In 1999, Amor was appointed the official war artist and is the subject of two major monographs. For collectors of works on paper and contemporary art, Amor is a striking find.

Rick AMOR (1948 - )
'Untitled (Hamer)' 1978
Woodcut on paper
Edition of 30
Image Size: 32 x 22 cm
Dimensions: 45 x 38 cm
Signed: Titled, editioned, signed 'Rick Amor' and dated in margin
Comes with Letter of Provenance

An impression of this print is held in the collection of National Gallery of Australia, 2007.632.

Condition: Very Good: Describes a work of art's image as Excellent, but may show some small signs of surrounding wear to paper or frame. There are no tears to paper margin or disruption to the paint surface.

(c) Rick Amor / Copyright Agency