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Stone sculpture remains a vital form of expression for artists who continue to explore its possibilities in diverse ways. This new exhibition in the Lobby of One Canada Square and in Jubilee Park, curated for Canary Wharf Group by Ann Elliott, showcases the work of five of the leading artists in this medium.
John Aiken, in Canary Wharf Piece 2005, has used polished granite as part of a series of highly structured installations that respond to the Lobby of One Canada Square. Tiles cut from a range of exotic granites in tones of grey and red are polished to a high reflection. He has selected the stones for their textures, combining them within a squared steel framework to create three striking configurations. Michael Dan Archer employs the inherent qualities in stone to evoke its history and relationship to the land and to architecture, while introducing other elements such as metals, wood and light to extend the expressive qualities of the stone. Although not figurative, his sculptures imply human presence, whether in the form of a crucible, a carved symbol or by placing together apparently unrelated materials or objects. Steve Dilworth lives and works on the Isle of Harris. His carvings, mostly made in local stones, reflect the nature, history and mythologies of the Outer Hebrides. More than that, he also includes materials such as skeletons of birds, wood and other stones, found on the beaches and moor-land of Harris. These inclusions, often unseen, are as important as those that are visible. Tim Harrisson’s sculpture reflects the histories of stones, as well as that of the landscape from which they are quarried. In Tide 2003, showing in Jubilee Park, the formation of limestone as a sedimentary rock contributes to the form of the sculpture, a core of stone, taken as if it were a sample from the surface of a beach where the tide has receded. John Maine RA works with the landscape but also sets his sculpture in relation to architecture. His sculptures in this exhibition have until now only been shown in the open air so Maine was interested in seeing how such distinctive forms and stones would work within the strong, architectural spaces of One Canada Square. The three carvings are based on conical forms and explore motion through geometry. The exhibition runs from 4th April until 3rd June in the Lobby of One Canada Square and Jubilee Park, Canary Wharf and is free. |
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For further information please contact Julia Denman, Canary Wharf Group Tel: 020 7418 2322, Email: julia.denman@canarywharf.com Notes to Editors: Canary Wharf Group’s public art programme Canary Wharf Group plc is a property development company that is focused primarily on the construction, management and leasing of Grade A office and retail space at its 97 acre Canary Wharf estate in east London. CWG has a dedicated public art programme. Past commissions include a light installation by Martin Richman, railings by Bruce McLean, floors by Antoni Malinowski and Emma Biggs Mosaic Workshop, benches by Terence Woodgate, sculpture by Ron Arad, glass walls by Danny Lane, gates by Katy Hackney, external screen by Wendy Ramshaw and a series of photographic lightboxes by Catherine Yass. BIOGRAPHIES John Aiken was born in Belfast in 1950. He studied at Chelsea School of Art 1968-73 and at the British School at Rome 1973-75. He has exhibited internationally since 1973. Aiken is currently Slade Professor, Director of the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London. He works on his sculpture in both London and Portugal. Michael Dan Archer was born in Glasgow in 1955. He studied at Coventry School of Art and Design 1975-78. He has exhibited widely in Britain and abroad since the late 1970s. His public commissions include an eight and a half metre high granite obelisk for Cardiff Bay. He lives and works in Lincolnshire. Steve Dilworth was born in Kingston upon Hull in 1949. He studied at Maidstone College of Art 1969-71. He has exhibited since 1999 in Britain, Germany and the United States. He lives and works on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides. Tim Harrisson was born in Essex in 1952. He studied at Hammersmith College of Art (now Chelsea School of Art) 1969-70, Norwich School of Art 1970-73 and Byam Shaw School of Fine Art 1975. He has exhibited regularly in Britain and Europe since 1981. Harrisson lives and works in Wiltshire. John Maine was born in Bristol in 1942. He studied at the West of England College of Art 1960-64 and at the Royal College of Art 1964-68. He has exhibited widely, having his first solo exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, London, in 1972. He has received a number of important commissions, most notably a ten metre-high granite monument in Iberaki, Japan in 1993. Maine was elected Royal Academician in 1995. He lives and works in Wiltshire. |
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