Art in Focus I Nigel Hall
This week we are celebrating the publication of Nigel Hall: Sculpture & Drawings. Written by Jon Wood, this monograph looks at Nigel Hall's work in relation to sculptural developments in Britain, Europe and North America. It presents the two main strands of Hall's practice - sculpture and drawing.
Jon Wood is an art historian, writer and curator, specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture. Recent publications include Michael Sandle: Works on Paper (2023), William Turnbull: International Modern Artist (2022) and Tony Cragg: Stacks (2021). Nigel Hall: Sculpture and Drawings is available at Lund Humphries.
Nigel Hall
Mirrored, 2011
Bronze
300 x 325 x 65 cm
118 ⅛ x 128 x 25 ⅝ in.
Edition 3 of 3
Throughout the years, Nigel Hall has explored the ways in which sculpture alters the viewer's perception of space as they move around the work. Particularly evident in his large-scale outdoor phosphor bronze works, which are currently sited at Roche Court, the landscape reveals itself through framed spatial composition. Parallax - the apparent shift of an object against a background due to a change in observer position - has been a notable device of his, especially in his earlier works.
Nigel Hall (b.1943) is one of the UK's most distinguished sculptors. Born in Bristol, Nigel Hall studied at the West of England College of Art, Bristol and the Royal College of Art, London from 1964 -1976. From 1967- 1969 he studied in the USA on the Harkness Fellowship. He has worked from his studio in London since the 1970's. Hall has exhibited extensively worldwide and is represented in important public and private collections in the USA, Asia, Australia and Europe including Tate Gallery, London; Musee National D’Art Moderne, Paris; National Galerie, Berlin; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan; Louisiana Museum, Denmark and the National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan.
Nigel Hall
Nine Degrees North, 1990
Phosphor bronze
237.5 x 174 x 133 cm
93 ½ x 68 ½ x 52 ½ in.
Unique
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Nigel Hall: 12 Images 12 Poems
In 2019, Nigel Hall collaborated with writer, curator and poet, Andrew Lambirth on a set of twelve screen prints and poems, which evolved from conversations based on the calendar months and the seasons of life.
Multiple screens were created for each print in order to build a very thin, transparent layer of colour, one on top of the other. Each colour was layered several times to reach the high level of saturation required. The works were printed by hand onto 300gsm acid-free Somerset paper at the Print Studio in Cambridge and were created as an edition of 75.
Prints are available to purchase individually.
Nigel Hall: 12 Images 12 Poems
2019
Set of twelve screenprints and twelve poems by Andrew Lambirth in a solander box. Printed by the Print Studio Cambridge
Each sheet:41 x 41.5 cm / 1ft 4 ⅛ x 1ft 4 ⅜ in.
Image: 25 x 25 cm / 9 ⅞ x 9 ⅞ in.
Edition 67 of 75
£ 6,000 + VAT
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Andrew Lambirth, October (from 12 images, 12 poems), 2019
Roche Artist Plate
Including VAT.
Part of a limited edition of 500 plates.
English-made fine bone china, manufactured in Stoke-on Trent, UK.
Set of Four £120
Set of Six £175
To purchase sets of four or more plates, please email nac@sculpture.uk.com or call +44 (0) 1980 862 244 for discount pricing.
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Roche Artist Plates are special limited edition dining plates designed by artists who have a longstanding relationship with the New Art Centre. The success of the first Roche Plate, designed by Richard Deacon in 2016, has led to collaborations with Alison Wilding, Nigel Hall, Bill Woodrow, Conrad Shawcross, Dorothy Cross and a second design by Richard Deacon.
Roche Artist Plates are made in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Beautiful and functional, all editions of the Roche Plates are English-made fine bone china and are dishwasher safe.