Barry Flanagan /
Flanagan, Barry,1941-2009,artist.
Melvin, Jo,curator.
Watkins, Jonathan,1957-curator.
Ikon Gallery,host institution.
Barry Flanagan (1941?2009) was one of Britain?s pre-eminent sculptors, best known for his dynamic bronze hares. This major survey brings together a selection of Flanagan's bronze sculptures (1980s-90s) alongside earlier works, offering new insights into the interconnectedness of seemingly distinct aspects of his practice. Demonstrating an ongoing experimentation with materials and their properties, and a symbiosis between abstraction and figuration, his art represents the distillation of a fascination with ontology, movement and material physicality. Exhibition: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (18.09.-24.11.2019).
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 18 September-24 November 2019.
Barry Flanagan (1941?2009) was one of Britain?s pre-eminent sculptors, best known for his dynamic bronze hares. This major survey brings together a selection of Flanagan's bronze sculptures (1980s-90s) alongside earlier works, offering new insights into the interconnectedness of seemingly distinct aspects of his practice. Demonstrating an ongoing experimentation with materials and their properties, and a symbiosis between abstraction and figuration, his art represents the distillation of a fascination with ontology, movement and material physicality. Exhibition: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (18.09.-24.11.2019).
Flanagan, Barry, 1941-2009
Welded sculpture