Bent is a graphic collection by Graham Rendoth that includes 97 pen and digital images that explore notions of line, space and mass. The coathanger drawings evolved from long-lost works made from wire coathangers that came from his mother's dry-cleaning shop. His cloud-like popcorns are the only evidence that the corns were ever popped, as each buttery piece was devoured immediately after being profiled. Other images reflect his interests in different realms of physics and nature - there is enjoyment in following his line move around the page to find out where it never knew it was going.
What should be an odd family of figurative and abstract images now live together in a comfortably bent way within these pages.
As said by artist/cartoonist Reg Lynch, who wrote the pithy foreword: 'These lovely, clear, unselfconscious drawings are like X-rays or biological slides or coat hangers. To be looked through, out to a vastness beyond and at the same time back in, to us humans.'
Author Biography:
Graham Rendoth is an artist, designer, educator, photographer and writer. His illustrations have appeared on posters and in many publications. His first book of drawings, As a Boy, was released in 1984. Other books and edition works are available through grahamrendoth.com and amazon.com Graham was born in the Australian rural town of Tamworth and grew up in the suburbs of Sydney. He went to Punchbowl Boys' High School and studied Visual Communications at Sydney College of the Arts, graduating with a BA Design in 1979. In 1987, after several years immersed in design, illustration and art, he founded Reno Design, a creative studio specialising in brand, packaging and publication design. Graham is now focused on personal projects. Graham Rendoth is an artist, designer, educator, photographer and writer. His illustrations have appeared on posters and in many publications. His first book of drawings, As a Boy, was released in 1984. Other books and edition works are available through grahamrendoth.com and amazon.com Graham was born in the Australian rural town of Tamworth and grew up in the suburbs of Sydney. He went to Punchbowl Boys' High School and studied Visual Communications at Sydney College of the Arts, graduating with a BA Design in 1979. In 1987, after several years immersed in design, illustration and art, he founded Reno Design, a creative studio specialising in brand, packaging and publication design. Graham is now focused on personal projects. Over thirty, Sydney-based years, Reg Lynch regularly illustrated, cartooned, wrote bits and occasionally designed for a broad variety of publications. There were also several longer, permanent casual stints at the SMH, The Independent Monthly, The Bulletin. Reg has a weekly cartoon spot in The Sun-Herald accompanying Peter FitzSimon's column and Reg himself appears on ABC TV's Insiders as a regular guest on the 'Talking Pictures' segment. He is also an occasional curator and once were lecturer. A collection of his cartoon 'Bulk Reg' was published by Pluto Press in 2000. He can sing and wicketkeep. Reg is currently living in the north-west of Tasmania.
