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Liz Waugh McManus
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| Sculptor |
| Artist's
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| I aim to achieve layers of meaning and a sense of otherworldliness in my work. The ritualistic aspect and theatricality relates to my background in theatre and anthropology as well as sculpture.
I specialize in solid cast glass, sometimes combined with other materials e.g. wood, concrete, steel, or bronze. I contrast clear with coloured glass and polished with partially-polished /unpolished surfaces.
Recent sculptures distil and exaggerate botanical structures to celebrate renewal and abundance. I am using a range of visual and intellectual sources, from eighteenth century botanical works such as Thornton’s botanical engravings, Bosch’s fantastical plant symbolism, and contemporary cultural uses of flowers to mark rites of passage.
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| Biography |
After training in art and design at Dartington College of Arts and Oxford Polytechnic, I did a PhD in anthropology of art at the Queen’s University of Belfast. As well as being a sculptor, I run Obelon Arts, which produces theatre shows and organises arts projects. The language of gesture and movement runs through all my work.
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| Recent Exhibitions |
2005
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Solo show, Glassworks,The Cut, Halesworth
Cairn, Bergh Apton Sculpture Trail
Wingfield Arts
Buckenham Galleries
Debenham Gallery
Blackthorpe Barns |
2006
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‘Liquid Light’, Frome
Artworks 7th Annual Exhibition
4 person show, Halesworth Gallery
Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery Open Exhibition
Ip-Art Festival, Glass, ‘Metal and Stone Sculpture’
Secrets in the Garden, Thornham Walled Garden
Beyond the Image Gallery
Suffolk Open Studios exhibitions
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2007
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Contrasts in Glass, Upstairs Gallery, Craft Co, Southwold
Artworks 8th Annual Exhibition, Blackthorpe Barn, Suffolk
11 Suffolk Artists, The Crooked House Gallery
Open and Design Exhibitions, Eyestorm Gallery, Ipswich
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| Exhibitions in 2008 |
6-28 September - Artworks 9th annual exhibition, Blackthorpe Barn, Suffolk
October-November - The Crooked House Gallery, Lavenham
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| Contact Details |
Bethesda
Heckfield Green
Hoxne
Suffolk
IP21 5AD
Tel/fax: +44 (0)1379 668464
Email: obelon.art@virgin.net
Web: www.obelon.co.uk
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| Links |
www.eyestormdesign.com
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6.’Genesis’,
bronze and glass
Opening,
Kiln-cast glass, 30 x 15 x 15cm
Thornflower,
Kiln-cast glass, 22 x 29 x 29cm
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