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Barry Flanagan
1941 - 2009
THINKER ON ROCK, MEDIUM
signed and numbered 2/8
bronze
113 x 61 x 57 cm; 44 1/2 x 24 x 22 1/2 in.
Conceived in 1997, this work is number 2 from an edition of 8 plus 3 artist's proofs.
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bronze
113 x 61 x 57 cm; 44 1/2 x 24 x 22 1/2 in.
Conceived in 1997, this work is number 2 from an edition of 8 plus 3 artist's proofs.
Provenance
Waddington Galleries, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in September 1999
Acquired from the above by the present owner in September 1999
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie von Bartha, Barry Flanagan: Sculptures and Ceramics, 28 May 1998 - 26 June 1998 (other edition)
Paris, Galerie Lelong, Barry Flanagan, 15 Jan 2004 - 13 March 2004 (other edition)
Stockholm, Wetterling Gallery, Barry Flanagan, 12 April 2007 - 19 May 2007; catalogue, illustrated in colour (other edition)
Dublin, Solomon Gallery, The Secret Garden, 15 May 2008 - 26 May 2008 (other edition)
Paris, Galerie Lelong, Barry Flanagan: Chevaux et compagnie, 7 April 2011 - 14 May 2011; catalogue, illustrated in colour (other edition)
Paris, Galerie Lelong, Barry Flanagan, 15 Jan 2004 - 13 March 2004 (other edition)
Stockholm, Wetterling Gallery, Barry Flanagan, 12 April 2007 - 19 May 2007; catalogue, illustrated in colour (other edition)
Dublin, Solomon Gallery, The Secret Garden, 15 May 2008 - 26 May 2008 (other edition)
Paris, Galerie Lelong, Barry Flanagan: Chevaux et compagnie, 7 April 2011 - 14 May 2011; catalogue, illustrated in colour (other edition)
Literature
Jo Melvin, Two Pataphysicians, Waddington Custot Galleries, 2014, illustrated in colour
Catalogue Note
Born in 1941 in Wales, Barry Flanagan is one of the main representatives of the new English sculpture. Noticed in the 1960s for his use of raw materials (fabric, sand, ropes), he turned to bronze in the 70s to give life to an irreverent bestiary of which Thinker on Rock is an emblematic piece. Infused with absurd poetry in the spirit of the pataphysic philosophy defined by Alfred Jarry (father of Ubu) as “the science of imaginary solutions”, the work of Flanagan thus frees “sculpture from the prejudices and constraints of meaning, allowing it to capture authentic experience.”
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