Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Alison Wilding

Dang!  Just missed seeing a display of works by Alison Wilding, one of sculptors on my "little list", in Tate Britain:

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/display/alison-wilding

My take-aways on Wilding:

  • She does abstract stuff, shapes
  • She appears to make all her own stuff
  • She thinks viewers should interpret her stuff themselves, no explanations from her
  • Sheet metal seems one of her most common materials
  • She hides her light ...doesn't seem to have a website, has a bare-bones listing on Wikipedia and is not into public art.
  • A lot of her stuff is about showing glimpses of what's otherwise out of sight 

Interview:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/oct/08/alison-wilding-sculptor-portrait

A whole treasure trove of videos about sculptors, including a really good 20 mins on Wilding:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/sculptors/12809.shtml


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