Artists A-D – Harlow Sculpture

Sep 24

by Admin in Artists, Artists A-D, Nathan David 0 comments tags: Sun Dial

Nathan David

Obituary Work Sun Dial Bronze, brass and stainless steel1984 76x76x76 cmGrounds of Harlow MuseumOwned by Harlow District Council The subject was seen as fitting for what was formerly the Cycle Museum. A video interview with Nathan David made by Mark Greeley in 2008 may be accessed on this website: https-//vimeo.com/226606#1E30B9 To the Pointe on Location in London with Ballet Sculptor Nathan David. see Newsletter No 29 November 2017

Sep 24

by Admin in Artists, Artists A-D, Grenville Davey 0 comments tags: Moongate

Grenville Davey

Sited in February 2015 in the Civic Centre foyer is the sculpture Moongate on loan from County Hall Chelmsford to the Art Trust. The work is part of a series commissioned by Chelmsford in 2009 to celebrate the county’s association with Jiangsu Province, China. After visiting China, Davey produced six pieces relating to its temples, gardens and customs. This piece is inspired by garden entrances; the idea of inner and outer spaces and the passage from the real to the imaginary. The subdued colours of red, blue and yellow transform the metal structure into a more organic surface softening the angularity and curve of the circle and leading down to the square wooden plinth which is open grained and cracked. Grenville Davey won the Turner Prize in 1992 and is now a Professor at the University of East London. He lives and works in Great Yeldham and in 2012 made a work called Inter Alia (between things) a ninety metre long wall for the Queen Elizabeth Gardens in the Olympic Park. Collaborating with Royal College students and members of the public their handprints were pushed into the wet concrete and covered with Davey’s 61 aluminium bronze markers. The wall is […]

Sep 24

by Admin in Artists, Artists A-D, Henry and Joyce Collins 0 comments tags: Harlow

Henry and Joyce Collins

1910-1994, and 1912-1974 Henry and Joyce (Pallot) married in 1938 after meeting at Colchester School of Art in 1932. They worked collaboratively on over sixty projects. !n 1951 they produced a mural for the Sea and Ships Pavilion for the Central Office of Information at the Festival of Britain. Clients include Sainsbury’s, BHS, Shell and the GPO, Ind Coope Ltd and Essex County Council. Murals based on the cityscapes in Stockport and Newcastle BHS stores similar to ours were produced. Harlow Relief in wood, plywood and string 1982 224cm x 732 cm British Home Stores, First Floor, Town Centre Process using moulds (early works were in concrete into plastic, which was broken open, then substituted for wooden moulds from which the mural could be released so the formwork could be reused). With the closure of the BHS, group access to the mural is no longer available. Its future is being debated as it is not under the Trust’s remit. All BHS stores had been closed by August 2016.

Sep 24

by Admin in Artists, Artists A-D, Jonathan Clarke 0 comments tags: Ports of Call

Jonathan Clarke

Jonathan Clarke was born in 1961 in Suffolk, UK, where he continues to work today. At the age of 16 he took up an apprenticeship with his father, the sculptor Geoffrey Clarke (RA), and he began exhibiting his own sculpture in the early 1980s.Jonathan works in sand-cast aluminium, initially carving his sculpture in polystyrene. This method – pioneered by his father and mastered by Jonathan – relies on the destruction of the original mould as it is vaporised by molten aluminium. The result is an entirely unique, one-off sculpture.Writing about Jonathan’s first solo show (Chappel Galleries, 1993), Galleries magazine noted his ‘line of inheritance from the masters of the century, from Gabo, through Moore, to Paolozzi.’ His style, whilst abstract and architectural, carries a great deal of emotional resonance, often taking inspiration from social, spiritual and mythological subject matter. Other influences that Jonathan cites include the sculptors Eduardo Chillida and Anthony Caro, as well as two-dimensional artists such as Robert Motherwell and Mark Rothko.Jonathan has had a series of successful exhibitions over the years with regular shows at North House Gallery and Chappel Galleries (both in Essex), and Strand Gallery in Suffolk. He also has work exhibited abroad, most notably […]

Sep 24

by Admin in Artists, Artists A-D, Edwina Chaston 0 comments tags: Letting Go

Edwina Chaston

1950 – 2008 Born 1950 London studied Art at Hornsey College.Was member of Activate which encouraged people to use the Art Trail in Chelmsford.The commission for Letting Go came from an open competition for local artists and was completed over four months.Her work was usually figurative and about human relationships often of babies and motherhood.The piece was modelled in clay in the art workshop of Harlow College and cast from the mould in fibrecem concrete.She died suddenly on October 21st 2008. Works Letting Go 1996137 x 152 cmGladden Court, off Paringdon Road, HarlowOwned by Harlow District Council

Sep 22

by Admin in Artists, Artists A-D, Nicola Burrell 0 comments tags: Mill, New Town

Nicola Burrell

Born 1966 BTEC Diploma in Art at Colchester BA (Hons) Fine Art University of Ulster, Belfast. MA Fine Art, Ulster PGCE (Teaching Cert) Goldsmiths College. Freelance artist Residencies in N. Ireland, Spain, Germany Exhibits in Essex venues Co-ordinator of Trinity Street studios, Colchester. Runs artist workshops in schools. Many of her workshops use recycled materials and she has helped pupils to make their own playground sculpture. Works Mill2007 Cast concrete One of four sculptures commissioned as part of the River Stort Trail. Sited at Latton Lock where Latton Mill stood its shapes take inspiration from the Mill mechanisms and the water power which drove them. New Town2009 Florence Nightingale Medical Centre, Church Langley. Commissioned by Harlow Health Centres Trust, the piece features the four main neighbourhood groups with building representations on top, including the demolished Town Hall (2001).(ref: Newsletter July 2009 )

Sep 22

by Admin in Artists, Artists A-D, Sarah Bracey 0 comments

Sarah Bracey

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Sep 22

by Admin in Artists, Artists A-D, Jacques Bousseau 0 comments tags: Soldier bending a bow

Jacques Bousseau

1681 – 1740 Born in Chavagnes-en-Paillers, France in 1681. Student of Nicolas Costou and won the Prix de Rome in 1705. Died Valsain, Spain in 1740. Works Soldier bending a Bow Bronze 66x27x27 cm Playhouse, Town Centre Purchased by the Trust in 1963 it was housed in the former Sports Centre but has been relocated to the Playhouse. Several larger versions of the work exist, one in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the smaller size as in our collection in the Louvre. Although attributed to Bousseau, it is signed by an earlier seventeenth century sculptor, P.Puget. This may be a nineteenth century copy after Bousseau.

Sep 20

by Admin in Artists, Artists A-D, Clare Bigger 0 comments tags: Energise

Clare Bigger

Born 1967 Brought up in Africa. Lives and works in Burnley, Lancashire. MRBS member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Studied Fine Art at South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education. Has won many awards: Regional winner of Livewire, Reader’s Digest. Prince’s Youth Business Trust and Art Prize from Society of Wildlife artist, Mall Galleries, and the Spelthorne Design Award. Website: https://www.clarebigger.com Works Energise2010 Stainless steel Ht 6.5 m Harlow Leisurezone Carpark.Commissioned by Harlow Sports Trust for the opening of the Leisurezone sports facility. Bigger is a figurative sculptor who works mostly in steel. Her works range in size from studio to corporate and public art 10cm – 10 metres. She has worked for EMI. Birmingham Midshires Building Society, Taylor Woodrow and the Jerwood Foundation. She sells through the Bohun Gallery. Her subject matter is based on animals, gymnasts and dancers. Her interest in Tae Kwon-do (she has a black belt) and sports are reflected in her depiction of movement in her works.

Sep 20

by Admin in Artists, Artists A-D, Ekkehard Altenburger 0 comments tags: Sophrosyne 1

Ekkehard Altenburger

Worked as an apprentice stonemason 1983 -6Master stonemason 1988-9 working on the Gothic cathedral of Schwabisch in Southern Germany.Studied sculpture at Bremen and then Edinburgh College of Art 1991 – 6.Came to live in Britain 1995.MA from Chelsea 1998 -9He has shown at the RA summer shows in 2013 & 2016. Recently working on a large scale piece for VW UK ‘Thoughts on a Banked Curve’ Milton Keynes. His move to London was because of his interest in architecture, which inspires his work. In 2001 he made a film about Oscar Niemeyer in Rio. The materials he uses are stone, metal and glass. Works Sophrosyne 1 2010 Larvekite Norwegian granite on coloured steel plinth.The Chase, New Hall, Harlow The sculpture was commissioned by the Trust and the developers of New Hall estate, to commemorate Lady Gibberd. Selected from competition entries the winner, Sophrosyne and an additional work, Methuselah, by Nick Turvey were commissioned and sited in 2010.Sophrosyne was named after the Greek goddess of prudence and moderation or the balance between rationality and passion, its shape inspired by an annual egg hunt held in the Gibberd Garden. It had been wrapped in brown paper for the unveiling ceremony which was […]

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