Kenneth William Scarlett OAM (born 27 November 1927) is an Australian writer specialising in Australian sculpture.''McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art'', (2006) Migunyah Press. His 1980 publication ''Australian Sculptors'' (1980) was the first to present a complete survey of sculpture in Australia. Subsequent publications include ''Sculpture in Public Gardens'' (1983), ''Limited Recall: A Fictional Autobiography'' (2005), ''Elgee Park: Sculpture in the Landscape'' (2010) and monographs on the sculptors John Davis (1989) and Andrew Rogers (2010). He was a contributing editor to Sculpture (magazine) USA for many years and his articles appear regularly in art journals in Australia and overseas.Scarlett, Ken. ''Limited Recall''. (2005) Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne. For many years he lectured in sculpture at tertiary institutions before becoming the director of Gryphon Gallery in Melbourne. More recently he has not only curated a number of exhibitions of sculpture in major galleries, including McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park and

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, but also unorthodox venues such as hospitals, shopping complexes, parks and gardens. The ''Sculpture Walk'' in Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens (1996), was a major exhibition. He is regularly invited to lecture on various aspects of Australian sculpture, which he has done at the

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, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses. In 1996 he was awarded the

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for services to sculpture.

Books

* ''Australian Sculptors''. (1980) Thomas Nelson. * ''The Sculpture of John Davis: Places and Locations''. (1989) Hyland House Publishing. * ''Contemporary Sculpture in Australian Gardens'', (1993) Craftsman House/ Gordon and BreachArts International. * ''Rhythms of Life: Andrew Rogers''. (2003) Palgrave Macmillan. * ''Limited Recall''. (2005) Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne. * ''Elgee Park: Sculpture in the Landscape''. (2004) revised edition (2010) Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne. * ''Vincas Jomantas''. Ken Scarlett and Robert Lindsay, (2018) The Beagle Press * ''Augustine Dall'Ava: The Sculptor''. Ken Scarlett (2022) Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne.

Curation

Since 1988 Ken Scarlett has acted as Curator of the following exhibitions - *1988 ''John Davis: Places and Locations.'', at Heide Park and Art Gallery. *1990 ''Contemporary Australian Sculpture'', for ACAF Australian Contemporary Art Fair Two at Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne. *1992 ''Contemporary Australian Sculpture Exhibition'', ACAF Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building. *1992-94 ''Dame Edna Regrets She is Unable to Attend'' - Humour and Satire in Contemporary Sculpture which toured 11 galleries in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, ACT and Tasmania. *1993- ''Kyneton Collection'', for Shire of Kyneton. *1994 ''Sculpture for Heidelberg'', at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. *1995 ''Continuum and Contrast'', Mc Clelland Gallery. *1995 ''Sculpture at Heidelberg'', Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre. *1995 ''The Kyneton Collection'', Shire of Macedon Ranges. *1996 ''Royal Botanic Gardens'', Melbourne: Sculpture Walk. *1996 ''Sculpture Trail'', Victoria University of Technology and Footscray Park, City of Maribyrnong. *1996 ''Sculpture Three'', Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre. *1997 ''House and Garden. Sculpture at Heidelberg'', Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre. *1998 ''Sculpture in the Dandenong Ranges Gardens'', Concurrence or Contrast’ Parks Victoria. *2001 ''Sculpture at Seawinds. Old Landscape: New Garden'', Parks Victoria. *2002 ''Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture'', Toorak. *2003 ''Vincas Jomantas Retrospective'', Mc Clelland Gallery. *2006 ''Erwin Fabian: a Survey'', at McCleland Gallery + Sculpture Park and ''Erwin Fabian: Recent Works'', at Australian Galleries. *2008 ''Venerate the Earth'' sculpture of Peter Blizzard, Australian Galleries, Melbourne. *2009 ''Teisutis Zikaras: Sculptures and Drawings'', McClelland Gallery+Sculpture Park. *2012 ''Sculpture and Drawings of Clive Stephen''.

References

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