Exhibition
Stripping the Willow: Sculpture by Julian Wild
29 Jun 2015 – 15 Aug 2015
Address
- One Canada Square
- Canary Wharf
- London
- E14 5AB
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: 277, D3, D7, D8, N50 and the city airport shuttlebus
- Canary Wharf
In this exhibition Julian Wild shows recent work in bronze and stainless steel, the surface of both highly polished. In some pieces he introduces vibrant colour, as if stripping away a layer of one substance to reveal another.
About
Most of these sculptures were created since Wild has been spending more time in the Sussex countryside surrounded by managed woodland and the rural activities of coppicing, harvesting and working wood. This milieu has almost subliminally worked its way into his sculpture, as reflected in the title he gives this exhibition: Stripping the Willow, and in these new works he is moving seamlessly from geometric to organic form.
While Wild’s earlier use of man-made materials such as glass, ceramics and plastics may currently lie dormant, his inventiveness and the wide range of scale in which he realises his sculptures remain ever present.
Julian Wild has recently been commissioned to make public sculptures for a number of clients, including Fidelity Investments; the Cass Sculpture Foundation; Crest Nicholson; Wyeth Europa, Schroders Investment Management; Radley College, Oxford; the Jerwood Sculpture Park and Sculpture in the Parklands in Ireland. www.julianwild.com
