Exhibition
18@108: Naked - Royal British Society of Sculptors
The successful 18@108 series continues to draw attention and following public demand, is now in its fifth and final year.
Naked is the third of the three-part 2010 series and brings together six sculptors who explore concepts of exposure and vulnerability together with a rawness of materials that provokes a sensory response.
Jane Benson examines themes of personal and political identity. Stephen Duncan’s figurative sculptures have a surface of large acanthus leaves to suggest an intermediary ‘skin’. Laurence Edwards is inspired by the anatomical structure of man and beast and the rich, textured landscape around him. Victoria Ferrand-Scott’s abstract sculptures are organic and visceral, harnessing natural forces of gravity. Alexandra Harley’s sculptures convey movement, animation, imbalance and unease by revealing internal structures. Luke Hart’s work explores synthetic human skin, flesh and bone, and prosthetic objects to examine preconceptions about evolution and the natural world.
Jane Benson ARBS, Stephen Duncan ARBS, Laurence Edwards ARBS, Victoria Ferrand-Scott ARBS, Alexandra Harley ARBS, Luke Hart (Bursary 2009).
