→ Art Talks at the Royal Academy → 18 May, 19:00
→ JON WOOD
→ invited by the Sculpture Department
→ live stream on www.youtube.com/royalacademyantwerp/live
→ BE WELCOME!
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The sculpture studio invites art historian Jon Wood. As an author, Jon Wood describes sculptural actions and practices of artists and examines the boundaries of the medium sculpture. Especially for this presentation, he will focus on artists who create work with other artists in addition to their individual practice. More specifically, he will talk about the sculptures that came out of the collaboration between Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon.
Woodrow and Deacon both came into view in the early 1980s as part of a talented group of artists that would soon become known as the ‘New British Sculptors’ and which included Tony Cragg, Antony Gormley, Edward Allington and Anish Kapoor. It was a generation that reacted to the aesthetics of American minimalism, reintroducing narrative and drawing upon a broad range of materials and objects, often found and recycled, for their sculpture. Woodrow and Deacon’s shared sculptures continue the spirit of such endeavors, taking them into new artistic terrain, outside the logic of the individual artist’s oeuvre.
Jon Wood is a writer and curator, specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture. Jon worked for many years at the Henry Moore Institute, running its research programme and curating exhibitions, and also as an editor of the Sculpture Journal. Recent publications and exhibitions include: 'Contemporary Sculpture: Artists' Writings and Interviews' (2020), 'Tony Cragg at the Boboli Gardens' (2019) and 'Sculpture and Film' (2018). He is a member of the Sculpture UK advisory board and a trustee of the Gabo Trust, which supports research into the conservation of modern and contemporary sculpture.
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On Tuesday 18 May, at 19:00h, Jon Wood will give an insight into his fascinating career.
To be followed live on www.youtube.com/royalacademyantwerp/live
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