Son Of Australia’s Greatest Sculptor Oversees His Legacy
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Son Of Australia’s Greatest Sculptor Oversees His Legacy



SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.- Andrew Klippel, the son of Australia’s greatest sculptor Robert Klippel, is still trying to work out what to do with his father’s legacy. When he died, on June 19 last year, Robert Klippel’s house had become as much a work of art as any of his junk sculptures. It was a physical embodiment of his unique personality, as though Klippel were using it to make a grand statement about himself. His lack of interest in material wealth. His revulsion at bourgeois values. And his total commitment to art. Andrew, a songwriter and music entrepreneur, now lives in his father’s old boathouse. In recent weeks Andrew has helped supervise the removal of many of his father’s pieces from the big house to the Art Gallery of New South Wales where they will be presented in the "tribute exhibition" which opens on Friday, August 9. Much of the remaining work has been transferred to what used to be a small ballroom but which became yet another workshop in the artist’s house. "I can’t leave the house as it is," Andrew says. "Dad wouldn’t have wanted that. He would have hated it being turned into a museum." Andrew thought about it initially: "But I heard my Dad saying, ’What the hell are you doing?’ He wasn’t interested in anyone seeing his process of work. In fact, he wasn’t really interested in anyone seeing his work, full stop. The art was just for his own benefit, really." The one thing he does know is "that I definitely won’t sell".










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