Details of “The Last of ……….” 2011, Temporary Sculpture 2, Mixed Media.
“The concept of a “temporary” sculpture marks a return to the Hepworth (1976) installation at the Robert Self Gallery in Newcastle and the subsequent tableaus and three-dimensional works which followed and continued until moving to Barbados in 1979. ………..
………Although working in relief and three-dimensions have only produced a few works, they have often marked a significant development in my work. Te Amo (1983), the 1993 Advent Mask series, Materia Prima and Elements of 1999 are all such markers in my oeuvre. In 2008 Aus den sieben Tagen was a parallel work to Leaning Column [Temporary Sculpture 1] although it was completed earlier.” Excerpts from 2008 catalogue “Whittle in Context”.
Leaning Column, 2008 can be seen on the posting of 20 July 2010.
Photography, William St James Cummins
Nick was born in Birmingham, England in 1953 and completed his Bachelor of Fine Art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1977 followed by a Fellowship in Painting at Sunderland Polytechnic in 1978.
