David Nash (artist)
David Nash | |
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Born | Esher, Surrey, England | 14 November 1945
Alma mater | Kingston College of Art |
Occupation | Sculptor |
Known for | Wooden Boulder |
Title | OBE |
David John Nash,
Early life
David Nash was born at
Artistic career
He attended
Kew Gardens currently has a working exhibition, launched in June 2012. David Nash is working on site in a 'wood quarry', his first for 10 years, to create new works at Kew.[4]
Artistic creations
David Nash is known for works in wood and shaping living trees. His large wood sculptures are sometimes carved or partially burned to produce blackening. His main tools for these sculptures are a chainsaw and an axe to carve the wood and a blowtorch to char the wood.
Nash also makes land art, of which the best known is Wooden Boulder, begun in 1978. This work involves the journey of a large wooden sphere from a Welsh mountainside to the Atlantic Ocean. Wooden Boulder is a large wooden sphere carved by Nash in the North Wales landscape and left there to weather.[5] Over the years, the boulder has slipped, rolled and sometime been pushed through the landscape following the course of streams and rivers until finally it was last seen in the estuary of the river Dwyryd. It was thought to have been washed out to sea but, after being missing for over five years, the boulder reappeared in June 2009[citation needed]. Indications are that it had been buried in sand in the estuary. The sculptor had no idea of its location, and enjoys the notion that wood which grew out of the land will finally return to it.[6] The boulder was last seen in 2015.[7]
Nash also makes sculptures which stay in the landscape. For example, Ash Dome is a ring of ash trees he planted in 1977[8] and trained to form a domed shape. The dome is sited at a secret location somewhere in Snowdonia and whenever it is filmed, crews are taken there by a circuitous route to guard its security.
In the late 1980s, Nash worked at the
Since 1967, his sculpture has formed two distinctive groupings; sculptures which connect with the outside, the landscape of making and placements, and works which are presented inside, within and in relation to, architectural environments. The
Nash takes a different approach to carving. Rather than chisels and abrasives, he uses chain saws and a blowtorch.
For his work habitat received the 2016 Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture.[9]
Recent solo exhibitions
- 2020 : Red, Black & Blue, Galerie Lelong & Co., 38 avenue Matignon, Paris, France[10]
- 2019 : David Nash: Sculpture through the Seasons, National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales[11]
- 2019 : Trees, Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France[12]
- 2016 : Columns, Peaks and Torso, Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
- 2012 : Black and Red : Bronze & Wood, Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
- 2012 : Pastels and Sculptures, Galerie Lelong & Co., Zurich, Switzerland
- 2011 : Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, United Kingdom
- 2010 : Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom
- 2009 : Drawings and Sculpture" Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, & Blackwell, Bowness, Cumbria, United Kingdom
See also
References
- ^ The Sculpture of David Nash,
Julian Andrews, David Nash, p.8,
Published by University of California Press, 1999
ISBN 978-0-520-22044-7
- ^ Tree News, John May, Spring-Summer 2004, UK
- ^ a b "David Nash | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Cumming, Laura (9 June 2012). "David Nash at Kew: A Natural Gallery – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-241-14184-7.
- ^ Hickling, Alfred (29 September 2009). "David Nash". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "An interview with David Nash". Apollo Magazine. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ISBN 1-84000-370-7.
- ^ "Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture". Marsh Christian Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Red, Black & Blue" byDavid Nash, 23 January – 7 March 2020, Galerie Lelong & Co., Matignon, Paris, France [1]
- ^ "David Nash: Sculpture through the Seasons", 3 May – 1 September 2019, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales [2] Archived 18 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Trees" by David Nash, 5 September – 5 October 2019 à la Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris [3]
External links
- David Nash page at the Royal Academy.
- David Nash at Tate St. Ives in the UK.
- David Nash bio at Crown Point Press
- David Nash at Annely Juda Fine Art (representing gallery)
- David Nash at Galerie Lelong (French representing gallery)