Richard Deacon RA Selects
31 Jul 2017
Bill Woodrow RA,
Fingerswarm, 2000.
Bronze with gold leaf. 58 x 35 x 31cm. © The Artist Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam.
Fingerswarm, 2000.
Bronze with gold leaf. 58 x 35 x 31cm. © The Artist Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam.
Frank Dobson RA,
Study for the Head of Pax, 1933.
Bronze. 50 x 23.5 x 27.5cm. © Estate of the Artist Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam.
Study for the Head of Pax, 1933.
Bronze. 50 x 23.5 x 27.5cm. © Estate of the Artist Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam.
Thomas Banks RA,
The Falling Titan, 1786.
Marble. 84.5 x 90.2 x 58.4cm. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London.
The Falling Titan, 1786.
Marble. 84.5 x 90.2 x 58.4cm. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Maurice Lambert RA,
Carving in Paros Marble, 1937.
Marble. 41.1 x 78.2 x 47cm. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam.
Carving in Paros Marble, 1937.
Marble. 41.1 x 78.2 x 47cm. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam.
Joe Tilson RA,
Fire Ladder, Air Ladder, Water Ladder, Earth Ladder, 1974.
Western Red Cedar. Dimensions vary (225 x 70 x 9cm). © The Artist Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Fire Ladder, Air Ladder, Water Ladder, Earth Ladder, 1974.
Western Red Cedar. Dimensions vary (225 x 70 x 9cm). © The Artist Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Hamo Thornycroft RA,
The Mirror, 1890.
Marble relief in velvet covered wooden frame. 74 x 76.5cm. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam.
The Mirror, 1890.
Marble relief in velvet covered wooden frame. 74 x 76.5cm. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam.
Sir Alfred Gilbert RA,
Sketch model for Eros (from original model of 1893), 1893, cast by 1926.
Bronze. 62 x 27 x 68cm. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Sketch model for Eros (from original model of 1893), 1893, cast by 1926.
Bronze. 62 x 27 x 68cm. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Robert Clatworthy RA,
Cat, 1973.
Bronze. 22.3 x 48.3 x 20.3 cm. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam.
Cat, 1973.
Bronze. 22.3 x 48.3 x 20.3 cm. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam.
RICHARD DEACON RA SELECTS
From 31 July 2017
“The Sackler Landing is obviously, clearly a gallery space, so then the question to ask is: how do you reinvigorate that space?” – Richard Deacon RA
In this new installation, Richard Deacon RA has selected a wide variety of sculptures from the RA Collection, ranging from the 18th to the 21st centuries. He explains, “I wanted to include abstraction and representation, I wanted a variety of materials. I also took the opportunity to include some things I hadn’t seen before.” There are works cast from bronze, carved from marble, moulded in plaster, constructed from wood and made of rusted steel. One is painted, another is covered with gold leaf.
Many of the works represent people in the form of portrait busts, mythological scenes and nude figures. There’s a teddy boy and girl, a study for Eros and a well-toned naked man, stretching. There are gods, actors and scientists. And there are also a dozen animals to be found in the display including flying horses, a spitting cat and a militarised mouse.
The featured sculptors, like Deacon, are all Royal Academicians: the elected artists who run the RA. Every new Academician must present a work of art to the RA after their election – this is known as their diploma work. Fourteen of the sculptures on display are diploma works.
Richard Deacon RA Selects is the first of several new displays of works from the RA’s collection that will open over the next year, with free access year-round.
From 31 July 2017
“The Sackler Landing is obviously, clearly a gallery space, so then the question to ask is: how do you reinvigorate that space?” – Richard Deacon RA
In this new installation, Richard Deacon RA has selected a wide variety of sculptures from the RA Collection, ranging from the 18th to the 21st centuries. He explains, “I wanted to include abstraction and representation, I wanted a variety of materials. I also took the opportunity to include some things I hadn’t seen before.” There are works cast from bronze, carved from marble, moulded in plaster, constructed from wood and made of rusted steel. One is painted, another is covered with gold leaf.
Many of the works represent people in the form of portrait busts, mythological scenes and nude figures. There’s a teddy boy and girl, a study for Eros and a well-toned naked man, stretching. There are gods, actors and scientists. And there are also a dozen animals to be found in the display including flying horses, a spitting cat and a militarised mouse.
The featured sculptors, like Deacon, are all Royal Academicians: the elected artists who run the RA. Every new Academician must present a work of art to the RA after their election – this is known as their diploma work. Fourteen of the sculptures on display are diploma works.
Richard Deacon RA Selects is the first of several new displays of works from the RA’s collection that will open over the next year, with free access year-round.