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This article is about the sculptor. For the mathematician and MacArthur Fellow, see Allan Sly (mathematician).

Sly's The Messenger at St Mary's Hospital, London

Allan Sly FRBS (born 1951) is an English sculptor and senior lecturer at Wimbledon College of Art, a constituent college of University of the Arts London.[1][2]

Sly was elected a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 1992.[3][4]

Early life and education

Sly was born in 1951 in Windsor, and studied sculpture at the City and Guilds of London Art School (1971–1974) and the Royal Academy of Arts (1974–1977).[2]

Selected works

The Window Cleaner (1990), outside Edgware Road tube station in London, is a 10 feet (3.0 m) bronze statue of a workman carrying his ladders and peering up at the windows of the nearby Capital House for which it was commissioned.[4][5]

The Messenger or Getting Back on the Right Foot (1993), outside St Mary's Hospital is a 14 feet (4.3 m) bronze statue of a man leaning on a lamp-post to replace his right shoe.[6][1]

Runaway Rotavator (1994) in iron filled resin, was commissioned by Harlow Arts Trust for a site outside Harlow Sports Centre.[7][8][9]

The Spirit of Cricket (1997) was created to honour the former Central Recreation Ground cricket ground in Hastings, and stands outside the Priory Meadow Shopping Centre which was built on the site. In November 2015 it was temporarily removed for repair, following impact from a fork lift truck.[10]

The Pearl Diver (1999) was commissioned by P&O for their liner the Aurora.[11][12]

Newmarket Stallion (2000), a collaboration with Marcia Astor, is a rearing horse with its handler, standing 15 feet (4.6 m) high on a roundabout near Newmarket, commissioned as a millennium project.[2][13]

The Surrey Scholar (2002) in Guildford High Street was commissioned for the Golden Jubilee and posed considerable engineering challenges as the scholar balances on one toe and is on a steeply sloping site.[14]

Masquerade (2005) is a 5 metres (16 ft) stainless steel sculpture commissioned by and for the Electric Theatre in Guildford.[2]

The Surrey Stag (2009), standing at the entrance to the University of Surrey, Guildford, depicts a stag with a key, as used in the university's logo.[15][16][17]

Alec Bedser and Eric Bedser (2015) are life-size bronzes which celebrate cricketing twins Alec and Eric from Horsell, erected at each end of Bedser Bridge in Woking.[18]

  • The Window Cleaner, outside Edgware Road tube station, London
    The Window Cleaner, outside Edgware Road tube station, London
  • Masquerade at the Electric Theatre, Guildford
    Masquerade at the Electric Theatre, Guildford
  • The Surrey Scholar, Guildford
    The Surrey Scholar, Guildford
  • The Spirit of Cricket, Hastings
    The Spirit of Cricket, Hastings
  • The Surrey Stag, Guildford
    The Surrey Stag, Guildford
  • Newmarket Stallion, collaboration with Marcia Astor, Newmarket
    Newmarket Stallion, collaboration with Marcia Astor, Newmarket

References

  1. ^ a b "Allan Sly FRBS, RA Cert". ArtParks International. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "CV". Allan Sly. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Artists". Royal British Society of Sculptors. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Monument to Window Cleaners". Robinson-Solutions Professional Window Cleaning. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Workers". Secret London. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Getting Back on the Right Foot". Art UK. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Harlow Sculpture Map" (PDF). Harlow Art Trust. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Runaway Rotavator". Allan Sly. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ "Runaway Rotavator". Art UK. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Hastings cricketer statue bowled out by ice rink builders". Hastings & St Leonards Observer. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  11. ^ "The Pearl Diver". Allan Sly. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ "Crystal Pool & Funnel – AURORA, Lido Deck Midships". Fotki. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  13. ^ "East Cambridgeshire District Council election 2015: Seven candidates stand in Cheveley ward". Ely Standard. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  14. ^ "The Surrey Scholar". UAL Research Online. University of the Arts London. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  15. ^ "The Surrey Stag". Discover the University of Surrey. University of Surrey. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  16. ^ "The University of Surrey". The Parliamentary Review. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  17. ^ "The Surrey Scholar Sculpture of Guildford". Welcome to Guildford. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  18. ^ "New statues honour Bedser twins". Woking Town Council. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
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