Bruce McLean set for Leeds exhibition

Work spanning the career of artist Bruce McLean will be on at Leeds Art Gallery from February 14. The Scottish artist works in a variety of media including sculptor, painting, film, photography and performance. Born in 1944, McLean rose to fame during the 1960s for rejecting academic sculpture and using rubbish as material. Bruce McLean: … Continue reading →

Alfred Drury to be shown at Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery

The work of Alfred Drury, one of the leading sculptors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, will be on display at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery from January 15, 2014. Famed for his bronze nude light bearer statues on City Square, the exhibition will review the art and life of Alfred Drury RA (1856-1944), … Continue reading →

Sculpted benches on Yearsley Moor – an interview with Jonathan Newdick

by Jon Cronshaw From his cat statues that prowl York’s rooftops, to his Lady of the Lake carved from a fallen tree in Kirby Sigston, Jonathan Newdick’s contribution to Yorkshire’s landscape has been impressive. Over the past three decades Newdick has carved a reputation for being one of the region’s finest sculptors. The York-based artist … Continue reading →