The death of Geoffrey Clarke deprives us of one of the significant sculptors of 20th C Britain. Born in 1924 (and obituary recently in the Guardian), his public sculpture can be found extensively at Coventry Cathedral, and also at Chichester Cathedral. Whether he was a “religious” artist is a moot point; on the other hand, perhaps like Graham Sutherland, he [Read More…]
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175 Years at the RCA
I went to this at the weekend and would urge you to go if in the area. For those with an interest in 20th C British art, it is a great treat. Sculpture by Moore and pictures by Hockney, Auerbach, Bawden, Ravilious, Minton etc etc. By the latter is the enormous and very rarely seen Death of Nelson, owned by [Read More…]