Alison Wilding
Alison Wilding RA (born 7 July 1948)[1] is an English sculptor.
Biography
Born in Blackburn in Lancashire,[2] Wilding studied at the Nottingham College of Art, the Ravensbourne College of Art and Design in Chislehurst[3] and, from 1970 to 1973, the Royal College of Art in London. She rose to prominence around the late 1970s.
Wilding's early works are multi-media installations,[4] but she is best known for her later abstract sculptures which use a wide variety of materials: as well as traditional materials such as wood, stone and bronze, she has used steel, wax, silk and other materials. These are often used in unusual combinations: Stormy Weather (1987), for example, is made from pigment, beeswax and oil rubbed into galvanised steel.
In 1991, a major retrospective of Wilding's work, Alison Wilding: Immersion – Sculpture from Ten Years, was held at Tate Liverpool. She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1988 and 1992, and made a Royal Academician in 1999.[5] Her only large-scale public artwork "Ambit" was installed in the River Wear at Sunderland in 1999, taking the form of a necklace of stainless-steel tubes floting in the river, and lit up from underwater at night. It was subsequently exhibited in the Manchester Ship Canal and is now in storage.
Wilding won a Paul Hamlyn award in 2008.[6]
Selected publications
- Alison Wilding: Art School Drawings from the 1960s and 70s [2011], published by Ridinghouse to coincide with her exhibition of the same title at Karsten Schubert, London (9 June - 29 July 2011). Karsten Schubert is the artist's main agent.[7]
- Alison Wilding: Tracking [2008], featuring essays by Judy Collins, Sam Porritt and Rod Mengham. Published by Ridinghouse.[8]
References
- ^ Royal Academy of Arts: Alison Wilding RA | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts, accessdate: 29/08/2014
- ^ Barnett, Laura (2014). "Alison Wilding, sculptor – portrait of the artist | Art and design | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "Alison Wilding | Tate". tate.org.uk. 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "Alison Wilding | CASS Sculpture Foundation". sculpture.org.uk. 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "BBC - Archive - British Sculptors - Five Sculptors | Alison Wilding". bbc.co.uk. 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "Alison Wilding (The University of Manchester)". whitworth.manchester.ac.uk. 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
won a Paul Hamlyn award in 2008
- ^ "Alison Wilding: Art School Drawings". Ridinghouse. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "Alison Wilding: Tracking". Ridinghouse. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
