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New Sculpture in Britain (Essays 79)
In his 1982 essay, at a time of disillusionment with the idea of progress, Michael Newman discusses how British sculptors employed a variety of means - from recycling discarded objects to synthesising cultural archetypes - in what amounts to a rejection of the linear view of history, concluding with Tony Carter's, By Bread Only - for the Demise of Icons (1978-9), recently acquired for the Leeds Museums and Galleries Sculpture Collections.Jon Wood and Michael Newman discuss the place of Carter and his work in the field of sculpture in the early 1980s and consider this work's inclusion in Whitechapel Art Gallery's British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century catalogue, but not, in the end, in th...
Carp Fishing Science
Carp anglers talk about watercraft all the time. But what exactly is that? Some would say it's applying understanding of the environment in which the carp lives and the fish itself to catch more of them. And how do we improve our watercraft? By studying how the behaviour of the carp changes as environmental variables fluctuate daily and seasonally. We can do this by spending time on the lake or river bank and by reading about it. Carp Fishing Science is unlike all other carp fishing books. It provides information which the angler can use in order to anticipate changes in the carp's behaviour, especially those related to nutrition and activity, therefore helping to improve the reader's waterc...
Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon
This book presents the shared sculptures and drawings of Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon. It showcases the work they have made together over the last thirty years, exhibition by exhibition. The introductory text explores the ways in which their shared sculptures have led them both into new artistic terrain, outside their individual practices.
Tony Cragg
This career-spanning publication focuses on the history of Tony Cragg's 'Stack' works that began in the late 1960s, when, as a student, he began piling up miscellaneous and recycled detritus from the studio in order to create large rectilinear sculptures that refuted the usual clean lines of Minimalism. The artist has variously stacked, gathered and layered ever since, deploying various acts of stratification, compilation, accrual and accumulation in his work. The book contains a major essay by Dr. Jon Wood, entitled "Strata, structures, stories: Stacking in Cragg's sculpture" that spans over five decades of making and reveals what continues to set him apart from other sculptors of his time. Exhibition: Lisson Gallery, London, UK (20.11.2019-29.02.2020)
Emily Young
Exploring Emily Young's carved works from the 1980s to the present, Jon Wood's thoughtful survey places her sculpture within its resonant contexts, both art historical and more broadly cultural. In doing so, it draws attention to the richness of her sculptural imagination and the issues that charge it, from ecology and environmentalism to poetry and philosophy. The inclusion of Young's early paintings also draws out her long-standing preoccupation with narrative. Probing the relationship between the artist's sculpture and the material life of things, Young's original way of thinking, seeing and feeling is skilfully presented, so enriching our understanding of this important contemporary figure.
Tony Cragg
The sculptures of Tony Cragg are exhibited throughout summer of 2011 in Lucca at the church of San Cristofero (both inside and out), and in the town's two piazzas - Piazza Anfiteatro.The exhibition It is, it isn't curated by Jon Wood, concentrates on Cragg's fascination for accumulation and stratification through a rigorous selection of important sculptures, including some from the Early Forms and Rational Beings series.In a show that takes place both indoors and out in Lucca, these sculptures have the opportunity to shine and show their magic in an ancient city that is itself a stratification of history, cultural life and material significance.In the catalogue, Wood discusses these 'layers ...
Journey to Freedom: Poems, Prayers and Promises
This book features an old man and his promise. It is a remarkable story of inspiration, interpretation, and promise. It goes beyond the universal definition for a promise by explaining how to create an environment for keeping promises, acknowledging that life has its own set of God created promises, and by using a metaphor to help demonstrate the ease of making a promise in contrast to keeping the same. The book cover is a reproduction of a watercolor, named I Promise, painted by John Quanrud. John is a Northwest Artist, and a Signature Member of the National Watercolour Society. Journey to Freedom is a heart-warming reflection on the experience, in the depths of one's soul, of taking God at...
Ian McKeever - Henge Paintings
A publication of British artist Ian McKeever's Henge paintings (2017-22)--abstract works inspired by neolithic standing stones in Wiltshire, England. Featuring an essay by Paul Moorhouse and a conversation with Jon Wood, the publication accompanies shows at Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, and Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, Connecticut.
Freud's Sculpture
This exhibition and catalogue coincided with the 150th anniversary of Sigmund Freud s birth. The Henry Moore Institute in association with the Freud Museum presents a unique opportunity to explore Freud s relationship with sculpture. This exhibition catalogue, containing numerous photographs of the present restaging in Leeds and of the study in London, highlights their meaning both individually and as an ensemble. Of the thousands of pieces he amassed he kept a small, but changing group on his desk; forming an audience of bronze, wood and marble sculptures, gathered from Egypt, China, Greece and Rome. Wood writes of the striking sculptural encounters at stake here when this ever-changing collection of sculpture is viewed close up and on the level in this study setting, whilst Molnar analyses a 1914 etching of Freud in front of his collection and Ward looks at the relationships between body, chair and desk.
