EARLIER WORKS
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David
Nash
19 May - 16 July 2005
“David Nash’s sculpture has reached a
rewarding maturity. And as well as testifying to the shaping power of
his imagination, it reflects his ever deepening rapport with the landscape
he loves. ” - Richard Cork 2004
David Nash is one of Britain’s leading sculptors and is renowned
for his skilful and dynamic transformation of fallen or uprooted trees.
Annely Juda Fine Art is delighted to present a new exhibition of his sculptures
and drawings based on the theme of the Pyramid, Sphere and Cube.
Geometric forms have fascinated Nash since the beginning of his career
and the exhibition comprises over 15 new and unseen sculptures and a selection
of complimentary drawings. The
centrepiece is an impressive Pyramid, Sphere, Cube sculpture (above) almost
three meters tall, which, like many of Nash’s works, has been charred,
transforming the colour and texture of the wood to the intense richness
of charcoal.
For the past 25 years Nash has also been working on an extraordinary project
motivated by his interest in ecology and the environment. In 1978 he rolled
a large wooden sphere into a river near his studio in Blaenau Ffestiniog,
North Wales. Since then he has documented the boulder’s journey
and changing environment until it reached the sea in 2004. Included in
this exhibition is Nash’s compelling video and documentation of
this living project ‘Wooden
Boulder’.
Alongside these works are other large-scale sculptures and some smaller
more intimate interpretations of the theme including wall panels, free
standing columns and a selection of shelf sculptures.
David Nash was born in 1945, Esher, Surrey. He lives and works in North
Wales. His first solo exhibition was in 1973. He has exhibited worldwide
including a major one-man exhibition at the Tate Gallery St Ives (2004).
In 2004 he was awarded the OBE for
services to art . His work can be found In public collections worldwide
including the Tate Gallery, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York. He has been represented by Annely Juda Fine Art since 1986.
A fully illustrated 72 page hardback book accompanies the exhibition.
David Nash's sculpture Large Cube, Pyramid and Sphere, 2002 will be shown
in the Royal Academy's sculpture forecourt this summer. Click
here for more details.
David Nash is a member of the Royal Academy: Click
here for more information.
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