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Sculpture in the Garden

Past exhibition
13 May - 9 July 2016
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jon Buck, Matrilinear, 2014
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Jon Buck British, b. 1951

Matrilinear, 2014
Bronze
58 x 38 x 18 cm
22 7/8 x 15 x 7 1/8 in
Edition 1 of 10
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Jon Buck has always regarded colour as one of the sensory delights of the human experience. Whilst colour is not traditionally associated with sculpture, Buck has spent much of his...
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Jon Buck has always regarded colour as one of the sensory delights of the human experience. Whilst colour is not traditionally associated with sculpture, Buck has spent much of his career experimenting and exploring its impact and ability to enhance sculpture. When Buck first began exhibiting in London in the early eighties, his highly coloured resin and glass fibre works led him to be shown together with a group of disparate artists whose highly realistic work coined the term ‘superhumanism’. Whilst successful, he soon realised that his materials were inadequate for outdoor works and so began his long and fruitful collaboration with the bronze foundry, Pangolin Editions. At this time, the palette available to artists in terms of patina was a dull and subdued range of browns and greens and in order to keep the work dynamic Buck had to alter his approach by developing the surfaces of his forms either with small repeated motifs or unusual textures. Working with Rungwe Kingdon at Pangolin Editions, Buck began to experiment with patinas. Together they discovered new vibrant reds, electric blues and soft flesh-coloured pinks as well as investigating the possibilities of incorporating raw pigments to the surfaces and painted lines drawn directly into the form itself. Through this close collaboration Buck gained the confidence to break free from the traditional constraints of bronze casting and has over recent years produced a unique and vibrant body of painted bronzes. Jon Buck studied at Nottingham and Manchester Art Schools. He has completed numerous public commissions and has exhibited widely. He lives and works in Bath and is represented by Pangolin.
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Provenance

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Exhibitions

Jon Buck: Coded For Colour, 2015, PL; Sculpture in the Garden, 2016, PL; Decade, 2018, PL

Literature

Jon Buck: Coded For Colour, 2015, PL; Jon Buck: Making a Point, The Point of Making, 2011, GP

Publications

Jon Buck: Coded For Colour, 2015, PL, Jon Buck: Making a Point, The Point of Making, 2011, GP

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