Sculpture in the Garden: a celebration of the RBS centenary by Sarah Lewthwaite

Sculpture in the Garden: a Celebration of the RBS Centenary 8 July - 26 September 2005 Harold Martin Botanic Garden

Exhibition at Harold Martin Botanic Garden University of Leicester Stoughton Drive South Oadby Leicester LE2 2NE Open every day 10am – 4pm 8 July to 26 September 2005 (visitor entrance in Glebe Road) For further information about purchasing the sculptures please contact Mrs Jo Wood Vice-Chancellor’s PA University of Leicester Fielding Johnson Building University Road Leicester LE1 7RH Tel: 0116 252 2322 Email: vc@le.ac.uk For further information about the artists please contact Jacquelyn Murphy Exhibition and Events Manager Royal British Society of Sculptors 108 Old Brompton Road London SW7 Tel: 020 7373 8615 Email: exhibition@rbs.org.uk www.rbs.org.uk

Participating artists:

CAROLE ANDREWS

BEAT KRIEMLER

MARY ANSTEE-PARRY

PAUL FRANK LEWTHWAITE

SALLY ARNUP

DIANE MACLEAN

BARBARA ASH

JANET MACLEOD

PATRICK BARKER

BRIDGET MCCRUM

JAY BATTLE

BARRY MASON

JOHN SYDNEY CARTER

CHARLOTTE MAYER

OLIVIA CLIFTON-BLIGH

RUTH MOILLIET

SOPHIE DICKENS

TERRY NEW

STEPHEN DUNCAN

PETER NEWSOME

WENDY EARLE

GUDRUN NIELSEN

JOAN EDLIS

ERIC STANFORD

ADAM FARKAS

CHRISTY SYMINGTON

LORNA GREEN

ALMUTH TEBBENHOFF

JOE HILLIER

GUY THOMAS

SIMON HITCHENS

JEREMY TURNER

DEIDRE HUBBARD

MARCUS VERGETTE

POLLY IONIDES

SHEILA VOLLMER

DYLIS JACKSON

JOHANNES VON STUMM

GILES KENT

GRAHAM WILLIAMS

ROBERT KÖGEL

DAVID WORTHINGTON

WELCOME Professor Robert Burgess, Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester Professor Brian Falconbridge, President Royal British Society of Sculptors

his is the fourth year when the University has had the pleasure of hosting a major sculpture show in the Botanic Gardens. I am delighted that this year finds us hosting an exhibition for the Royal British Society of Sculptors who celebrate their Centenary. The work in this year’s exhibition demonstrates how major works of art can help to develop features of the gardens in which they are located. It also highlights the talent and creativity of the artists which enhances the work of those who care for our gardens. During the summer I hope this exhibition will attract many people into our gardens and give them great pleasure. Finally, I would like to thank members of the Royal British Society of Sculptors as well as members of the University who have given generously of their time to make the exhibition a great success. Professor Robert Burgess

edicated to ‘promoting the art and practice of sculpture’, the Royal British Society of Sculptors marks its centenary as an organisation in 2005. The current exhibition, ‘Sculpture in the Garden: a Celebration of the RBS Centenary’ organised in collaboration with the University of Leicester, is part of a 5-year programme of celebrations. This, the first exhibition, focuses on larger sculpture in an outdoor space and is complemented by an exhibition of smaller interior work currently on show at the RBS – Inside Annual 2005. Collectively the works on show demonstrate that sculpture is a medium that is capable of endlessly renewing itself and responding creatively to materials and situations. I thank the sculptors, both UK-based and international members, for their generosity in making their work available and colleagues within the RBS for bringing the exhibition together. Sculptors thrive on opportunities to present their work to wider audiences and I am grateful to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Burgess for his enthusiasm and support and to the University of Leicester for its continued and welcome commitment to sculpture. Professor Brian Falconbridge 1

PA R T I C I PAT I N G A R T I S T S

Carole Andrews FRBS

Mary Anstee-Parry ARBS

Sally Arnup FRBS

This piece began from studying the vegetation around a garden pond. The juxtaposition of leaves and stems were abstracted and developed into loose spirals of stainless steel with acrylic discs. These move gently in the wind catching sunlight and colour from the surroundings.

I have a great love of gothic and renaissance carving admiring both the craftsmanship and sense of design. It is important for me to contemporise these skills by bringing into a modern context the essence of the elegant, witty designs which were so typical of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.

I work almost entirely from birds and animals and often have these creatures in my studio. Most of the sculpture is in bronze, occasionally in ceramic. Turkey Hen was a commission for Bernard Matthews â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not many people have delivered a turkey to this man on Christmas Eve!

Carole Andrews manipulates two dimensional materials into three dimensional form to make sculpture with an organic influence. Movement, reflection and translucence have become important factors in her work. She has exhibited widely around the UK and in the USA in both gallery and landscape settings.

Mary Anstee-Parry studied sculpture at Norwich School of Art followed, some years later, by a period of study in traditional woodcarving and gilding at the City and Guilds Art School, London. She now pursues her sculptural ideas through carving and drawing. She teaches traditional woodcarving and letter-cutting.

Sally Arnup studied sculpture at the RCA and since then has been practicing full time. She has exhibited widely and has had commissions in Canada, America, France, Italy and the UK. Most recently Arnup has completed a commission for the Duke of Edinburgh for one of his Fell ponies.

Lightwave stainless steel, acrylic 200 x 50 x 50 cm (x 3)

Fishweave Kilkenny limestone 60 x 60 x 15 cm

Turkey Hen bronze 79 x 30 x 56 cm

Barbara Ash ARBS

Patrick Barker ARBS

Jay Battle ARBS

Canada/UK

In my work I employ narrative plus juxtaposition to look at areas of social conditioning and hierarchies. I use childhood themes and objects as metaphors of power, personality and development. I often incorporate humour and kitsch to address these issues in a somewhat sardonic fashion.

What interests me are the rythmns and patterns created by the human form; laced with a little bit of humour.

I am interested in the physical presence of man-made forces that exist to provide us with strength within our natural environment. ‘Slated Divide’ uses iron to impose a uniform boundary. The iron also illustrates a level of control over natural materials and our ability to reorder the environment to our advantage.

Patrick Barker trained at the Bath Academy of Art. He exhibits throughout the country as well as abroad and has work in collections world wide. In the UK his work is included in various collections.

Barbara Ash studied at Middlesex Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. Her career has a number of strands, which include site-specific temporary installations made from mixed media, large scale private/public commissions in stone and small scale bronze sculpture for galleries.

Eve Bath stone, base: York stone 185 x 53 x 63 cm

Jay Battle was born near Toronto in 1966 growing up strongly influenced by his father’s civil engineering work. He moved to England in 1989 and has been exhibiting his sculpture since 1995, working full time from his studio in Wiltshire.

Round and Around Clerris stone (French limestone) 130 x 95 x 40 cm

Slated Divide iron, slate 270 x 50 x 40 cm

John Sydney Carter ARBS

Olivia Clifton-Bligh ARBS

Sophie Dickens ARBS

‘Fish Totem’ is part of a series of fish sculptures where I was experimenting with the idea of the bones of the fish appearing on the outside and creating a structural form. The sculpture was made from a combination of welded metal and plaster and then cast in bronze.

‘Moon Dog’ is a serpentine hound. I hope his fluid form, his hollows and holes, invite hands to follow and reveal the landscape of his body. I search for expectant stillness, suspended in a bronze breath on the brink of transcending his clay bulk and singing his desires to the sky.

This installation is part of a series of ‘Sky Walking’ sculptures that respond directly to their surroundings. A beautiful garden demands admiring wanderers who seek out its many aspects.

John Sydney Carter has been experimenting in sculptured forms since the fifties producing a coherent body of abstract works relating to man and nature. In the last ten years, a distinctive imagery has emerged around water, swimmers, waves, birds and fish and inspired by the East Coast where he sails his yawl.

Fish Totem bronze, ed 3 178 x 58 x 48 cm

Olivia Clifton-Bligh works in bronze, paper, clay and wire. She studied at Goldsmiths College, University of London and now lives and works from her sculpture studio in the West Country. She exhibits her work throughout the UK.

Moon Dog bronze 119 x 40 x 60 cm

Sophie Dickens trained as an art historian before studying sculpture and anatomy. She uses traditional figurative themes, reinventing them with an emphasis on the interplay between concave and convex, line and void. Her work is often site-specific and is intended to animate the space that it inhabits.

Walking the Dog oak, stainless steel, epoxy glue 190 x 225 x 35 cm

Stephen Duncan ARBS

Wendy Earle ARBS

Joan Edlis ARBS

USA/UK

‘River God’, from my ‘Arcadia’ and ‘Leaf God’ series was begun while I held the Rome Prize in Sculpture. I was inspired by the memory of the reclining river gods lining the River Tiber. Using direct casts from acanthus leaves to make these large figure sculptures, this series explores analogies between leaf and human anatomies and the symbolism of regeneration in acanthus and ‘Green Man’ imagery.

‘Insect Stick’, with its caterpillar, spider, dragonfly larva and fly, is modelled in clay following observation in the wild. After firing to frost-proof, the pieces were threaded together where they remain forever nose to tail in line.

Architecture, object or experience? This work operates on these three conditions simultaneously or sequentially but only when put into perspective by the presence of the visitor. Insubstantial walls serve to distinguish outside or inside, far or near, up or down, inside or outside and close or closer. Context changes scale from monumental to individual and back in a single breath.

Stephen Duncan trained at Wimbledon School of Art, the Royal Academy and the Accademia in Rome. He won the Rome Prize Award in Sculpture and Critics Prize at Milan Miart. He has completed many public commissions throughout the UK.

River God bronze 40 x 80 x 30 cm

For most of her working life as a sculptor, Wendy Earle has lived in Ceredigion. She has exhibited throughout Britain and sold in both Europe and the US. The Arts Council of Wales have recently financed a catalogue of her work.

Insect Stick fired clay threaded onto pipe 170 x 16 x 20 cm

Joan Edlis graduated with a BFA in industrial design and practiced for over twenty years before re-focusing on a variance of land art, object-based sculpture merging with architectural form and landscape design. Her intent is to re-engage participants with the natural world.

Skywells mixed coppice rods 180 x 960 x 770 cm

Adam Farkas ARBS

Lorna Green FRBS

Joe Hillier ARBS

Hungary

Initially my development as a sculptor was inspired primarily by Henry Moore and Brancusi. Beginning with compact, solid figural stone sculptures I eventually arrived at clearly structured abstract signs. Later I became interested in the sculptural interpretations of entropy. My stone sculptures I carve myself, the process of formation assumes a substantive role in my work.

The Botanic Gardens lacks a river. I will, therefore, create a river of local stones, laid on the ground, to be sprayed lightly with metallic paints in shades of blues and greys representing the water. These will meander from a source of large boulders to a pool created from stones.

From video footage of a man imitating primates, the classical statue is remodelled as naked, mortal and flawed. This curious beast ponders or ignores a modernist steel structure; fabricated using the complex geometry of Buckminster Fuller. Together these sculptures form an unfamiliar language that may speak without words.

Adam Farkas was born in 1944 in Budapest. He began his art studies there and finished them in Paris in 1969. He has worked with larger pieces in the landscape and in artificial environments since 1976. He has been teaching as a studio-leading professor of sculpture since 1990. Presently he is the Rector at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.

Lorna Green completed a BA Honours in Fine Art at Manchester Polytechnic and a Masters of Philosophy in Fine Art at the University of Leeds. She is a site-specific sculptor and environmental artist who has worked throughout the UK and widely overseas. She works in urban and rural landscapes, indoors and outdoors, on mainly large scale sculptures and installations, both permanent and temporary, using relevant and appropriate materials.

Infinite Return painted steel 120 x 140 x 155 cm

A River for the Botanical Garden stone, metallic paint 20 x 9000 x 150 cm

In order to make â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ill Commencement 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Joe Hillier had to travel and it happened to be to New Orleans. There he found a sense of liberation in being somewhere new. This was needed to invest something of himself into the ancient mode of sculpture; the human figure re-made in bronze.

Ill Commencement 2a + b bronze, steel H: 120 cm and 240 x 300 x 240 cm

Simon Hitchens FRBS

Deidre Hubbard FRBS

Polly Ionides FRBS

The highly polished upper surfaces act as a mirror to the viewer and it is here that the title ‘Soul’ becomes apparent. The contrasting surface textures can be seen as a simple metaphor about many aspects of life; the transcendence of order over chaos, life to death, physical to metaphysical.

This piece was primarily conceived as two harmoniously related abstract forms. It also hints at both leaf imagery and a waterfowl resemblance – hence the ‘Wingless’ title.

‘Life’ is a growing form. It embodies a point of balance in a journey through life; inviting human interaction as it hovers between growth and renewal and commanding the space within and around itself. ‘Life’ was built up around steel welded under tension so its energy comes from the heart of the construction.

Simon Hitchens uses predominantly stone, resin and glass to make highly refined and often minimal forms. He works on multi-tonned sculptures just as confidently as producing a hand held one. He creates sculpture for both indoors and out. He exhibits and is commissioned widely throughout Britain as well as abroad.

Soul Kilkenny limestone 183 x 53 x 33 cm

Deirdre Hubbard studied at Harvard University (completing a BA in 1957), Chelsea Art School and in the studio of Elisabeth Frink. She has work in numerous public, corporate and private collections.

Wingless Pair bronze 68 x 61 x 46 cm

Polly Ionides has always been drawn to the beauty of nature and of natural forms. A degree in zoology at Oxford followed by study at the Slade School of Art in London helped to nurture this. Originally a stone carver, she has been working increasingly with bronze.

Life bronze, ed 2/9 235 x 225 x 225 cm

Dylis Jackson ARBS

Giles Kent ARBS

Robert Kögel ARBS

Germany

‘Stream’ derives from a kinaesthetic relationship between land forms and the human body. The sensation of its mass and form derives from the process of growth.

I create sculptures from wood that enhance and elaborate its natural properties whilst exploring the premise that visual qualities of nature lie in its simplicity and repetition. My work responds to lines, shapes and objects found around each particular site. In ‘Mixed Hardwood Trunks and Branches’ I used seasoned wood carved by a chainsaw, burnt with a blow torch and treated for outside durability.

Identical parts or modules are cut out of steel sheets. These parts are assembled – following a discrete construction principle to form a body structure of high density, rhythm and different grades of regularity.

Dilys Jackson lives in Cardiff and works at the Butetown Artists Studios. She has travelled and worked across the world. Recently she had two solo shows and has had work in exhibitions in Wales, Ireland, France, Spain and America.

Giles Kent has worked mainly on commission since 1996, producing installations that complement the natural landscape. He has works located in private and public spaces in the UK, Sweden, Czech Republic and Canada. Recently Kent has had solo exhibitions in London. Stream bronze 63 x 33 x 24 cm

Mixed Hardwood Trunks and Branches wood various sizes 183 cm (longest)

Robert Kögel was born in 1954 in Frankfurt am Main and lives in Dreieich. Since 1992 he has participated in many solo and group exhibitions with sculptural work. From 2000 to 2005 he has been a regular participant in Metalsymposium Riedersbach Museum of Contemporary Metalsculpture, near Salzburg, Austria.

Spine steel 175 x 120 x 195 cm

Beat Kriemler ARBS

Paul Frank Lewthwaite ARBS

Bridget McCrum ARBS

Switzerland

While visiting the Victoria and Albert Museum in late 2004, I was inspired to create ‘Inner Moon’. The lock of a Chinese 16th century chest with its simple dividing lines instantly produced the vision of this sculpture. “To have the vista of the inner moon, one must meditate to unlock the space housing it.”

My work has developed from an understanding and manipulation of various materials and methods of construction, with a recurring interest in the use of steel. The industrial practicality of steel is emphasized by careful production techniques. A use of layered paintwork unifies the surface creating a bold visual statement.

In an Algerian Museum, whilst looking at Berber tribal artifacts, I saw a river washed pebble. A simple stone had been transformed into a sheep by the incision of a sickle shaped horn. This work of a lamb, cast from stone, can also be read as a fallen ram’s horn capital.

Beat Kriemler was born in 1969 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. From 1990 to 1996 he was at the Institute of American Indian Arts and then worked as an assistant for two years to Robert ‘Bob’ Haozous in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA. He has had several solo and group exhibitions in USA, Switzerland, Germany and Italy. In 2003 he moved from Santa Fe to Hauptwil, Thurgau, Switzerland.

Inner Moon fabricated steel, paint, Japanese paper 170 x 170 x 27 cm

Paul Lewthwaite was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, in 1969. He is now based in Nottingham. Paul has sited large public sculptures at Chesterfield Courthouse, Greenfield Arts Centre, Manchester University and Warwickshire College. He has exhibited widely including New York, Dallas, Vienna and Madrid and has received numerous awards.

Angled Linear Construction painted steel 70 x 87 x 59 cm

Bridget McCrum studied painting at Farnham and took up stone carving in her forties. Her work has been exhibited at New Art Centre, Messum’s, Bohun Gallery, Royal Academy and the Concepts Gallery at Goodwood. She works in stone and bronze.

Sheep bronze ed 3/4 70 x 150 x 55 cm

Diane MacLean FRBS

Janet Macleod ARBS

Barry Mason FRBS

The work arose from consideration of the geometry of flowers. The material, coloured stainless steel, reacts with the changing light of day. Light entering the curved sheet at different angles creates a variety of colours which are brightest when the sun is at its zenith.

A celebration of beautiful forms, the work is mostly inspired by organic structures, concentrating on balanced shape and line. The sculpture is a personal and emotive response executed in bronze, marble or silver. Janet Macleod came to sculpture from a background of teaching painting and successive restoration of three 17th century homes. Her work has developed from human figurative work and studies of pointer gun dogs to more interpretive and abstract concepts.

The transience of shadows; light through water. The sun and moon as they define the passage of time. Mankindâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s search throughout history for finite means to capture the infinite. Our cultural icons expressed through architecture as well as art. Mistrust of the Age of Reason, in which instinct and emotion have been usurped by the intellect. The death of magic; our loss of ritual. These concerns lie at the heart of my work. Barry Mason trained at Reading, The Slade and Bath Technical College. Working with a wide range of materials and techniques, he strives to make sculpture that shares his discoveries with water, sound and light.

Germination Carrara marble (group of 4) variable sizes: diam 76, 56, 38, 33 cm

Small Copper Thales copper, brass, G.R.P. ed 1/12 190 x 70 x 70 cm

Diane MacLean studied at UCL and Hertfordshire College of Art and Design, University of Hertfordshire. She has public commissions at universities and hospitals and has exhibited widely in the UK and overseas. She has recently created an installation at the Natural History Museum, London.

Rose Rose coloured stainless steel 90 x 90 x 150 cm

Charlotte Mayer FRBS

Ruth Moilliet ARBS

Terry New FRBS

The form of this sculpture is derived from a seed head, which I found on the ground near the tomb of Cyrus the Great at Parsagadae in Persia. I was attracted by the fact that it took the form of a double spiral. On one side the movement was clockwise, on the other side anticlockwise. Both spirals met at the edge so they formed a continuity. This spoke to me of wholeness and eternity. The sculpture was carved into plaster and cast in bronze.

I produce large-scale, highly finished metal sculptures inspired by the plant kingdom. I study and work with forms I discover within a particular plant or flower and reveal what is often overlooked in the everyday; the remarkable forms and intricacies of plant life.

In recent works the power of nature with its destructive and creative forces is still a continuous source of inspiration. When making work I do not work directly from nature. Indeed, in sculptural terms it is not the appearance of nature that interests me. Rather it is the feelings and emotions generated in the imagination which can be distilled through the line, plane, mass and colour to ‘another’ reality.

Charlotte Mayer was educated at Goldsmiths and Royal College of Art. She received a silver medal in 1991 for her sculpture ‘Ascent’ in the City of London. She has done numerous public works in UK and her work features in corporate, institutional and private collections in UK, Europe, USA and Japan. Journey 2 bronze 100 x 120 x 20 cm

Ruth Moilliet was born in Cheshire in 1971 and is based near Manchester. She received an AHRB award in 2000 to study art as environment, and a Setting Up Scheme award from the Arts Board in 2001. Her work was awarded a prize in the Design and Decoration awards 2004. Her sculptures are sold and collected internationally.

Eryngium stainless steel 200 x 150 cm

Terry New studied at Wimbledon and Hornsey Colleges of Art before completing his MA at the RCA. He has exhibited widely internationally and in the UK while at the same time completing a number of commissions. Terry New has held several teaching posts, most recently as Head of Fine Art at the Royal Academy Schools. Nidus II cold cast iron, mild steel 170 x 230 x 245 cm

Peter Newsome ARBS

Gudrun Nielsen FRBS

Eric Stanford FRBS

Iceland

I wanted to explore that synthesis of stately and sensual qualities which characterize both femininity and glass. The sculpture is constructed from many layers of glass, each cut and finished by hand. These are resin bonded and laminated in a similar manner to bulletproof glass.

This wooden structure of modular order of system and forms is borrowed from a tearoom in old Kyoto. Its former function as a working tearoom disappears here where customs and culture are different and the structure becomes nonfunctional – a showpiece.

‘Gaia III’ combines the Wiltshire landscape and the Gaia hypothesis of James Lovelock: “We are parts of a greater whole. Our destiny is not dependant merely on what we do for ourselves but also on what we do for Gaia (the Earth) as a whole.” (O.U.P. 1995)

Since 1993 Peter Newsome PhD, ARBS has devoted virtually all his energies to the creation of sculptures in glass, with works exhibited widely in the UK and in New York. Techniques Peter developed allow a range of commissions for celebrity and corporate clients that broaden this unique medium’s potential.

Gudrun Nielsen has practised as a sculptor in Iceland since 1989. She studied mural design at Chelsea College of Art and Design, completing an MA in Art in Architecture from the University of East London. Nielson won first prize in the Greenham Common sculpture competition 1998 and her work is to be found in public and private collections.

Blue Largo glass (bonded and laminated) 185 x 57 x 58 cm

Memory wood, washi 290 x 270 x 265 cm

Eric Stanford studied sculpture at St. Martin’s School of Art and at the University of Reading after which he worked as an assistant to Eric Kennington R.A. He has exhibited widely in the UK, France, Germany and the Channel Islands and has undertaken many private and public commissions.

Gaia III Clipsham stone 37 x 58 x 26 cm

Christy Symington ARBS

Almuth Tebbenhoff FRBS

Guy Thomas ARBS

Germany/UK

The interface between humanity, its cultural beliefs and its environment, both through construction and destruction, leaves visual scars as memory. ‘Human Intervention: Nature’ bears the physical impressions of human manifestations on natural form and ‘Human Intervention: Remembrance’, like a tombstone, symbolizes the memory of that which is now absent.

‘But Only if You Feel the Same Way as I Do’ is a play with angle iron which takes it from a clean, ordered start into a random disintegration – bringing these opposite states to a dynamic conclusion. The steel is treated for outdoor use with hot zinc spray and painted.

My sculptures are an exploration of spaces in the landscape, both real and poetic. The sculptures reflect the rhythm and form of these spaces. I work in a direct exploratory way, forging and cutting out shapes with an oxypropane torch. The pieces are then welded together to form the finished composition.

By defamiliarising materials through process, Christy enjoys expanding the expected use of material to a refreshing alternative. She reflects on a primal interaction between human action/response and nature. She has studied and exhibited in New York, Paris and London.

Human Intervention: Nature pigmented plaster, sand 215 x 70 x 65 cm

Almuth Tebbenhoff has developed a unique technique of cutting and welding steel which gives it a paper-like lightness. In 2004 she made a large steel sculpture for St. George’s Hospital in South London and she won an Arts Council award.

But Only if You Feel the Same Way as I Do painted fabricated steel 200 x 80 x 110 cm

Guy Thomas was born in Swanley, Kent and studied at Maidstone College of Art and Bath Academy of Art before completing a postgraduate degree in Art Therapy. Currently Thomas runs a studio near Bath and facilitates ‘Painting with Freedom’ workshops. He works with steel and bronze and is author of ‘Bronzecasting – A Manual of Techniques’.

Crowlink steel 70 x 106 x 47 cm

Jeremy Turner ARBS

Marcus Vergette ARBS

Sheila Vollmer ARBS

Canada/UK

I am interested in making objects and combinations of objects that don’t already exist and am fascinated by the context for sculpture, be it a gallery setting, installation or outdoor space. As a sculptor I am excited by the potential of work becoming greater than the sum of its parts.

Bells have been central to exerting authority – politically, spiritually and temporarily. The idea for this sculpture began when my neighbour rang the church bells all day – the first time in six months – after movement restrictions were lifted at the end of the foot and mouth epidemic. There is something universal, profound and spiritual we recognize in a bell with resonance; symbolically as well as acoustically.

First exhibited at the Chelsea Physic Garden, ‘Hive’ is based on the image of a beehive. Constructed of clear and yellow glass blocks secured with clear silicone sealant, the whole structure has a subtle twist in composition so that the views around it also fluctuate in density, light and colour.

Jeremy Turner completed a PhD in sculpture by practice in 2001 and continues to exhibit widely in group and solo shows. He lectures within the department of Contemporary Art Practice at the University of Leeds and is a visiting lecturer to Lincoln School of Art and Design, University of Lincoln.

Does Not Contravene Planning Regulations pallet, pallet truck, plywood, pine, ratchet straps 274 x 122 x 122 cm

Marcus Vergette studied painting at Central School of Art and after graduating began to make sculpture. He has been commissioned and exhibited internationally. He works with a variety of materials and during the past few years has been making films.

Pattern Maker cast iron 100 x 120 x 120 cm

Canadian born, Sheila Vollmer made London her home in 1987, after a post graduate in Sculpture at St. Martin’s School of Art. She has exhibited and undertaken commissions nationally and internationally. Recently her work was included in the Goodwood maquette exhibition in the Guggenheim Museum in Venice.

Hive glass blocks, silicone sealant, perspex 117 x 75 cm

Johannes von Stumm FRBS

Graham Williams ARBS

David Worthington ARBS

Germany/UK

In his ‘Immaterial Figure’ series, Von Stumm has eliminated the shadows to create figures of light and ultimate transparency. These powerful sculptures use the negative space to let light into increasingly complex forms. These works show his continual wish to translate and transform into solid sculpture the transitory effects of light in order to de-materialize the image in space.

My work is abstract, concerned with human reactions to each other and our world. For imagery I react to the natural world, not to copy it but as a starting point for an exploration. My materials will endure. Positive growth, light and movement are usually involved.

The relationship of object, material and audience is reflected in these pieces. ‘Link’ is an opening, smooth and inviting. It is a very formal stone object but can be seen as a maquette for a giant piece. ‘Unexpected’ requires the audience to investigate the sculpture to discover its hidden delights.

Johannes Von Stumm was born in 1959 in Munich, Germany and studied at the Academy of Fine Art, Munich between 1984 - 88. He now lives and works in the UK and opened his present studio in 1995 in Wantage, Oxfordshire. He has been a Fellow of the RBS since 1997 and was made a member of the Deutsche Kuenstlerbund, Berlin in 2005. Offering bronze 140 x 80 x 115 cm

After twelve years in commercial art, advertising and publishing Graham Williams began, in the 1970s, printing books by hand and making wood engravings. In 1987 he changed to sculpture. Work by Williams can be found in eleven countries around the world and he regularly exhibits at Annely Juda Fine Art in London.

Syrinx stainless steel (group of 3) H 240.5, 192.5, 151.2 cm

David Worthington was born in London 1962. He trained in Spain and New York, and in 2001 achieved an MA in Visual Culture from Middlesex University. An assistant to Anish Kapoor, he has carried out public and private commissions.

Link Portuguese marble 90 x 43 x 20 cm

SCULPTURE LOCATIONS IN THE HAROLD MARTIN BOTANIC GARDEN

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Marcus Vergette Pattern Maker cast iron

Beat Kriemler Inner Moon steel, paint, Japanese paper

Terry New Nidus II cold cast iron, mild steel

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Simon Hitchens Soul Kilkenny limestone

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Polly Ionides Life bronze

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Jay Battle Slated Divide iron, slate

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Barry Mason Small Copper Thales copper, brass, G.R.P.

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Guy Thomas Crowlink steel

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Jeremy Turner page 14 Does Not Contravene Planning Regulations pallet, pallet truck, plywood, pine, ratchet straps

12 Lorna Green page 6 A River for the Botanical Garden stone, metallic paint

23 Stephen Duncan River God bronze

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13 Joan Edlis Skywells mixed coppice rods, twine

24 Barbara Ash Eve Bath stone, base: York stone

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14 Wendy Earle page 5 Insect Stick fired clay threaded onto pipe

25 John Sydney Carter Fish Totem bronze

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15 Wendy Earle page 5 Bird Box plywood, gold leaf, malachite

26 Mary Anstee-Parry Fishweave Kilkenny limestone

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16 Sally Arnup Turkey Hen bronze

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27 Dylis Jackson Stream bronze

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17 Sally Arnup King Charles Spaniel bronze

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28 Diane MacLean Rose Rose coloured stainless steel

18 Bridget McCrum Sheep bronze

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29 Peter Newsome page 12 Blue Largo glass (bonded and laminated)

19 Olivia Clifton-Bligh Moon Dog bronze

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30 Carole Andrews Lightwave stainless steel, acrylic

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20 Graham Williams Syrinx stainless steel

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31 Sheila Vollmer page 14 Hive glass blocks, silicone sealant, perspex

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32 David Worthington Link Portuguese marble

10 Janet Macleod Germination Carrara marble

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21 Graham Williams Folded Steel Leaves stainless steel

11 Charlotte Mayer Journey 2 bronze

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22 Deidre Hubbard Wingless Pair bronze

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33 David Worthington page 15 Unexpected Red Wilderness sandstone, pipe clamp

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Adam Farkas Infinite Return painted steel

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Patrick Barker The Butterfly Lepine stone

Robert KĂśgel Spine steel

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Patrick Barker page 3 Round and Around Clerris stone (French limestone)

Paul Frank Lewthwaite Angled Linear Construction painted steel

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Almuth Tebbenhoff But Only if You Feel the Same Way as I Do painted fabricated steel

Joe Hillier

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Ill Commencement 2a + b bronze, steel page 13

Christy Symington page 13 Human Intervention: Remembrance plaster, glasswax, Astroturf

35 Ruth Moilliet Eryngium stainless steel

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Christy Symington page 13 Human Intervention: Nature pigmented plaster, sand

36 Jeremy Turner Watch and Pray sand cast brass

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Johannes von Stumm Offering bronze

37 Eric Stanford Salome Monks Park Bath stone

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38 Eric Stanford Gaia III Clipsham stone

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40 Giles Kent page 8 Mixed Hardwood Trunks and Branches wood 41 Sophie Dickens page 4 Walking the Dog oak, stainless steel, epoxy glue 42 Gudrun Nielsen Memory wood, washi

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For further information about purchasing the sculptures please contact Mrs Jo Wood Vice-Chancellorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PA University of Leicester Fielding Johnson Building University Road Leicester LE1 7RH Tel: 0116 252 2322 Email: vc@le.ac.uk

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For further information about the artists please contact Jacquelyn Murphy Exhibition and Events Manager Royal British Society of Sculptors 108 Old Brompton Road London SW7 Tel: 020 7373 8615 Email: exhibition@rbs.org.uk www.rbs.org.uk

R OYA L B R I T I S H S O C I E T Y O F S C U L P T O R S

ith its diversity of practicing sculptors and single focus, the RBS is uniquely placed to fulfill its objectives â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to promote the art and practice of sculpture as a dynamic and relevant art-form within contemporary society. It aims to be a primary authority for any issues relating to sculpture, to run the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s international centre of sculpture, to build a greater audience, awareness and experience of sculpture and be a resource to contemporary sculptors (members and registered sculptors) in all aspects of their practice and art. It is a registered charity which promotes the art of sculpture, particularly the widespread understanding of contemporary work. Leading sculptors involved over the years include Sir Hamo Thorneycroft, Alfred Gilbert, Ivor Roberts-Jones, Dame Elizabeth Frink, Michael Kenny, Sir Anthony Caro, Eduardo Chillida, Richard Serra, Philip King, Allen Jones, Michael Sandle and many others. The RBS is now a thriving community of artists, some at the pinnacle of their profession, others starting out on their careers or still students.

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The RBS not only provides professional advice and advocates good practice, but runs practical workshops and lectures. The premises at 108 Old Brompton Road, where the Society has been since 1982, houses an archive and resource centre as well as an exhibition gallery. The RBS manages and facilitates commissions and shows works in its own gallery and in other sites. It has plans for a major redevelopment of 108 as a new centre for sculpture in the UK. 2005 is the start of five years of Centenary celebrations for the RBS. As part of the Centenary, the RBS is planning a rolling programme of exhibitions, both on and off site, educational initiatives, archive development and symposia between 2005 and 2010. It aims both to celebrate the past and look to the future, to involve members and to raise the profile of the Society and sculpture.

THE UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER

he University of Leicester is a leading UK university with an international reputation for its teaching and research.

Leicester is world-renowned for the discovery of the revolutionary technique of DNA genetic fingerprinting and houses the biggest university-based space research group in Europe. Leicester has a number of specialist centres for the study of social issues and its Medical School is one of the largest in England. The University is committed to offering an extensive programme of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses which are firmly rooted in a strong research culture. In January the University was awarded two Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in recognition of its high quality teaching. The University continues to invest in new methods of teaching and learning using the latest communications technology for the benefit of its students. Henry Wellcome Building

During the past decade the University has experienced a period of significant growth, particularly in respect of postgraduate students. There are now over 19,000 students registered on accredited programmes with almost 50% of these registered for postgraduate qualifications. The University is committed to widening participation and offers a diverse range of foundation degrees and continuing education and professional development programmes. Students from 150 countries are currently studying at the University. The University works closely with business and industry and, particularly in the fields of Medicine, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, has established links with company research and development programmes. It has an international reputation for research across a wide range of activities. Academic staff of the University act as advisers to the British and international governments and other organisations.

Sculpture in the Garden: a Celebration of the RBS Centenary is supported by

Exhibition Organisers: Dr Helaine Blumenfeld – Exhibition Consultant Professor Bill Forster – University Liaison Jacquelyn Murphy – Exhibition Curator and Manager Jill Sheridan – Exhibition Co-ordinator Jo Wood – Event Organiser Exhibition Selection Committee: Professor Brian Falconbridge PRBS Dr Helaine Blumenfeld VPRBS Mark Richards ARBS Cathy Wood ARBS Jacquelyn Murphy – RBS Exhibition and Event Manager Sculpture Installation and Signage: University Estates Office Richard Green – Head of Facilities Barrie Frankland – Superintendent of Gardens assisted by University Gardens staff, Neil P Bayley Contracting, contractors and GRS Sign Co. Ltd Design and Printing: Audio Visual Services University of Leicester © University of Leicester and Royal British Society of Sculptors 2005