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LAURENCE EDWARDS
Messums Wiltshire
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PA R T O F T H E L A N D S C A P E E V O LU T I O N & E X P L O R AT I O N 13TH MAY - 6TH JUNE M E S S U M S W I LT S H I R E I 409 MALVERN RD I SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 I AUSTRALIA
1 HANDS ON HIPS Bronze edition 2 of 9 90 x 68 x 180cm Cover: HANDS ON HIPS detail
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Working with clay, soil, bark, scrub and string, there is a visceral connection between the landscape and the figure in the sculptures by Laurence. It is one that speaks of the vitality of life pulled up through roots from the ground and forging itself into shape. It is worth thinking for a moment about that connection to the land. In a scientific analysis we would describe this as a recognition of how our own vitality draws from the earth into which we return as carbon based molecules. To see it described in sculptural form opens up a chamber of allusion, suggestion and thoughts to inspire, consider and contemplate. A visual reminder of the phrase “significant form”. One of the most pleasurable elements of these sculptures, at least for me, is seeing the making process so very much in evidence in the finished works. Laurence is an unusual sculptor in that he is intimately involved in the process of making from start to finish. Not for him the large professional bronze casting factories. From student learnings at the Royal College of Art and the teachings of Tissa Ranasinghe, it was from the street furnaces of Northern India on a Henry Moore travel scholarship that Laurence first learnt the alchemic opportunities of bronze casting with limited resources, craft and ingenuity. His sculptures are all cast by him and his team, often using techniques he alone has invented, often destroying the chance for replication in the process. The outcomes as a result are full of verve and vitality. Johnny Messum 44 (0) 7971 676451 johnny@messumswiltshire.com
2 SUMMIT Bronze edition 2 of 9 110 x 90 x 65cm
3 LONG WAY DOWN Bronze edition of 15 14 x 13 x 9cm
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 THE CATCHER Bronze edition 1 of 5 304 x 175 x 65cm
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6 BREAKING STICKS Bronze edition 4 of 9 31 x 24 x 11cm
5 FALLS THE SHADOW Bronze edition 1 of 4 77 x 69 x 48cm
7 CARRIER MAQUETTE Bronze edition 7 of 15 120 x 30 x 15cm
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8 CROUCHING MAN 3 Bronze edition 5 of 8 86 x 75 x 49cm
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9 CHTHONIC HEAD NO1 Bronze edition 2 of 9 110 x 55 x 65cm 

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11 SYLVAN MAN 10
 SYLVAN MAN STUDY
Bronze edition 1 of 5
Bronze edition 1 of 9
142 x 139 x 66cm
55 x 70 x 28 cm
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12 CREEK HEAD 2
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 GREY HEAD
Bronze edition 2 of 5
Bronze edition of 12
60 x 35 x 39cm
17 x 10 x 11cm
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14 FEEL THE HEAT 2 Bronze edition of 12 18 x 12 x 9cm
15 FEEL THE HEAT 1
16 WALKAWAY STUDY
Bronze edition 1 of 9
Bronze edition
14 x 13 x 9cm
3 of 15 24 x 26 x 6cm
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18 18 17 BROODING MAN IV
18 THE GUARDIAN
19 GRIPÂ
20 THE PATRIACH
21 THE LISTENER
22 BROODING MAN III
Bronze edition 4 of 15
Bronze edition 2 of 15
Bronze edition 3 of 15
Bronze edition 3 of 15
Bronze edition 3 of 15
Bronze edition 4 of 15
23 x 13 x 5cm
23 x 13 x 5cm
23 x 13 x 5cm
23 x 13 x 5cm
23 x 13 x 5cm
23 x 13 x 5cm
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23 CREEK MAN
24 HANDS ON HIPS
MAQUETTE
STUDY
Bronze edition 4 of 15
Bronze 4 of 12
34 x 15 x 9cm
25 x 8 x 10 cms
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25 CATCHER MAQUETTE Bronze edition 1 of 9 94 x 119 x 25cm
1 HANDS ON HIPS
8 CROUCHING MAN 3
15 FEEL THE HEAT 1
22 BROODING MAN III
Bronze edition 2 of 9
Bronze edition 5 of 8
Bronze edition 1 of 9
Bronze edition 4 of 15
90 x 68 x 180cm
86 x 75 x 49cm
14 x 13 x 9cm
23 x 13 x 5cm
$78,850 AUD
$70,000 AUD
$3,650 AUD
$3,650 AUD
2 SUMMIT
9 CHTHONIC HEAD NO1
16 WALK AWAY STUDY
23 CREEK MAN MAQUETTE
Bronze edition 2 of 9
Bronze edition 2 of 9
Bronze edition 3 of 15
Bronze edition 4 of 15
110 x 90 x 65cm
110 x 55 x 65cm
24 x 26 x 6cm
34 x 15 x 9cm
$70,000 AUD
$60,000 AUD
$3,650 AUD
$4,650 AUD
3 LONG WAY DOWN
10 SYLVAN MAN STUDY
17 BROODING MAN IV
24 HANDS ON HIPS STUDY
Bronze edition of 15
Bronze edition 1 of 9
Bronze edition 4 of 15
Bronze 4 of 12
14 x 13 x 9cm
55 x 70 x 28 cm
23 x 13 x 5cm
25 x 8 x 10 cms
$4,250 AUD
$13,750 AUD
$3,650 AUD
$3,650 AUD
4 THE CATCHER
11 SYLVAN MAN
18 THE GUARDIAN
25 CATCHER MAQUETTE
Bronze edition 1 of 5
Bronze edition 1 of 5
Bronze edition 2 of 15
Bronze edition 1 of 9
304 x 175 x 65cm
142 x 139 x 66cm
23 x 13 x 5cm
94 x 119 x 25cm
$90,000 AUD
$60,000 AUD
$3,650 AUD
$4,650 AUD
5 FALLS THE SHADOW
12 CREEK HEAD 2
19 GRIP
Bronze edition 1 of 4
Bronze edition 2 of 5
Bronze edition 3 of 15
77 x 69 x 48cm
60 x 35 x 39cm
23 x 13 x 5cm
$60,000 AUD
$10,850 AUD
$3,650 AUD
6 BREAKING STICKS
13 GREY HEAD
20 THE PATRIACH
Bronze edition 4 of 9
Bronze edition of 12
Bronze edition 3 of 15
31 x 24 x 11cm
17 x 10 x 11cm
23 x 13 x 5cm
$4,250 AUD
$3,650 AUD
$3,650 AUD
7 CARRIER MAQUETTE
14 FEEL THE HEAT 2
21 THE LISTENER
Bronze edition 7 of 15
Bronze edition of 12
Bronze edition 3 of 15
120 x 30 x 15cm
18 x 12 x 9cm
23 x 13 x 5cm
$4,250 AUD
$3,650 AUD
$3,650 AUD
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LAURENCE EDWARDS Born in 1967 and based in Suffolk, Edwards trained at Canterbury College of Art and the Royal College of Art, where he studied bronze casting and sculpture with Sir Antony Caro. After winning a Henry Moore Bursary, the Angeloni Prize for Bronze Casting and an Intach Travelling Scholarship, he studied traditional casting techniques in India and Nepal. His work is regularly exhibited in galleries in the UK and abroad, is in private and corporate collections and has won numerous public commissions. In 2015 he was awarded The Macquarie Group Sculpture
Photography: Nick Ilott
Inside Prize for ‘Up Sticks’, 2014.