Sculpture Shock
Sculpture Shock was an award for nine emerging artists working site specifically in three dimensions in subterranean, ambulatory and historice sites across London which ran from 2013-2016. It was the project that launched theCOLAB programme and was conceived and funded by theCOLAB and delivered in collaboration with what is now Royal Society of Sculptors.
Three winners each received £3,000 and undertook a 3 month residency in a London studio culminating in a surprising spatial intervention in one of three non-traditional spaces.
Each artist’s work was installed in the location for which they were selected (either subterranean, ambulatory or historic), where it remained for a minimum 4-day pop-up exhibition.
David Ogle, 08019, detail, fluorescent fishing line, ultraviolet light, weather balloon and red halogen light, Image credit A K Purkiss
David Ogle, 08019, detail, fluorescent fishing line, ultraviolet light, weather balloon and red halogen light, Image credit A K Purkiss
Joanna Sands, Untitled, the Asylum Chapel, plywood, (Image AK Purkiss) December 2014
Patrick Lowry, Quantitative Easing, The Horse Hospital, 2014, replicated Hidelbelberg Printing Machine, MDF, wood, acrylic, stainless steel, printed replica Euros, pallet, money packs, cardboard boxes. Image credit A K Purkiss
Nika Neelova, North Taurids. Following the Meteor Shower, Holy Trinity Sloane Square, (Image AK Purkiss) November 2013
Alexander Costello, Making Progress, performance, 2014, photo by AK Purkiss
Alexander Costello, Making Progress, performance, 2014, photo by AK Purkiss
Lynn Dennison, Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song, 2015, SUBTERRANEAN intervention in the Rotherhithe Shaft. Video courtesy of the Artist.
Hanna Haaslahti, 2015
Amy Sharrocks, A Time to Fall, 2013, performance, Image credit AK Purkiss
William Mackrell, Gaps, glitches and speed bumps, 2015, performance. Image courtesy of the artist
Sculpture Shock ends ... its legacy remains!
Immense, deep and wide gratitude to all the artists, partners, staff and volunteers who made Sculpture Shock not just a reality but a hugely impressive success.
There are still copies available of Sculpture Shock: Site-specific interventions in Subterranean, Ambulatory and Historic contexts (ed. Claire Mander, pub. in partnership with Black Dog) for those gripped by site-specific work. Please get in touch with theCoLAB at info@thecolab.art for further information. Each Sculpture Shock artist made a brilliant print which related to their residency/intervention which simply MUST be viewed here!
Finally, thank you to theCoLAB for its continued, sustained and engaging support of the project over its long run.
Long live Sculpture Shock!
Partners
Royal British Society of Sculptors
Committed to the pursuit of excellence in the art form, the Society aims to inspire, inform and engage people of all ages and backgrounds with sculpture, to support the development of sculptors’ professional and creative practice and to promote good practice.
Sculpture Shock is generously supported by Nina and Samuel Wisnia through their CoLAB Programme.
Sculpture Shock wishes to thank Chiswick House and Gardens Trust and English Heritage for their support of the Historic Sculpture Shock 2015.
Contact
Further information about Sculpture Shock and the RBS visit:
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For further information about this award contact:
Michelle Butler
Project Manager
T: 020 7373 8615
E: exhibition@rbs.org.uk
