GEOFFREY CLARKE R.A. [1924-2014]
Bird 1, 1954, welded iron and stone, 72 cm high
GEOFFREY CLARKE
Clarke is one of the UK's most important sculptors
He was one of the:
'Geometry of Fear' sculptors who caused such a storm when exhibiting at the Venice Biennale in 1952
He started as a welder in iron and represented the UK
3 times
at the Venice Biennale more than any other artist
Warrior [Man as Fortress]
1951-4
welded iron
[on aluminium base]
unique
signed and dated
42 x 36 x 26 cm
Geoffrey Clarke Later sculpture - aluminium
Two Troughs and Flat Bar, 1964, aluminium, 163 cm long
In the late 1950s he invented a technique of sculpting and casting in aluminium
producing incredibly original brutalist abstracts
