Richard Tipping Richard Tipping i(A3864 works by) (a.k.a. Kelly Tipping; Richard Kelly Tipping; R.J.O. Tipping)
Born: Established: 1949 Adelaide, South Australia, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Headlines to the Heart : New and Selected Poems Richard Tipping , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2025 29417423 2025 selected work poetry 'Headlines to the Heart is the poet's own selection of the most memorable poems from half a century of deeply-felt living. Humorous, erotic, perceptive and full of spoken ideas which stick in the mind, Tipping's poetry has been widely published and anthologised.' 

(Publication summary)

1 A Poet's Start in the Art Life Richard Tipping , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 36 2022; (p. 175-187)
'One art event that changed me was Chrism and Jean-Claude's wrapping of Little Bay in 1969. when I was 19 and had moved to Sydney for the year from my home city of Adelaide. Wrapped Coast, Chrism's first large-scale , was made possible by John Kaldor and constructed by a large tan of volunteers including art students whom my partner. Betty Ross, and I knew. We went to the site several times and walked all over the headland and foreshore as the white fabric was being installed. Its hard to appreciate the scale from photographs—it was massively massive. Although this installation art had nothing to do with language, I was inspired by its audacity and the way it drew attention to what was now not visible, making the ordinary extraordinary. This art said that it was possible to go beyond the confines and safety of the gallery, to think big, that it was okay to be temporary, and that the photography dart mattered.' (Introduction)
 
1 2 y separately published work icon Hear the Art Richard Tipping , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2021 23066188 2021 selected work poetry

'Hear the Art is the essential poetry-as-art collection, loaded with Richard Tipping’s elegant, wry and telling concrete poems made as sculpture and as picture. He is fascinated by words found within words, and articulating their iterations.

'Tipping works with poetic language in visual forms and physical media ranging from animated neon, slump glass, engraved marble and screenprint to large-scale public sculptures in steel, granite and electric lights. Typographic designs move off the page, becoming independent poem objects until -- while living in the artworld as things -- they are photographed, and return to the page. This book is full of realised ideas, a rich panoply of word art demanding to be seen, heard and remembered.'

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1 Hyprocrisy Credibility Richard Tipping , 2019 single work prose
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 9 no. 1 2019; (p. 92)
1 1 y separately published work icon Instant History : Mostly New Poems Richard Tipping , Macao Maxwell : Flying Island Books Cerberus Press , 2017 15420742 2017 selected work poetry
1 Love's Just an Alibi i "that new poem to another man", Richard Tipping , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 74 no. 2 2015; (p. 132-134)
1 Morning i "In the freshly", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 292)
1 When My Heart Was Young i "A bag of bones man,", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 295)
1 Welcome to Newcastle i "I felt that my creative mind had died,", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 294)
1 The Museum of Fire i "Past the shooting range and dirt", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 293)
1 Starlight i "I disappear", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 292)
1 Casting Patterns i "Their shadows are stacked by number", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 291)
1 Baby Bream i "There's a baby bream", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 290)
1 Private Poetry i "Private", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2014; (p. 513)
1 Omen i "W O M", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2014; (p. 511)
1 Anima i "W", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2014; (p. 510)
1 Hearth i "hearth", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2014; (p. 509)
1 Division of the Sexes i "SSSSSSSS", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2014; (p. 508)
1 Hear the Art (Five Circles) i "Hear the Art", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2014; (p. 507) A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 296)
1 In-Flight Service i "Ia rhia rhinf ruenws on?", Richard Tipping , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2014 2014; (p. 5-6)
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