Shapes in the Clouds I, IV, V

Peter Randall-Page RA

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About the Artwork

For over 30 years Peter Randall-Page’s work has been inspired and informed by a study of natural phenomena.

In these new works entitled ‘Shapes in the Clouds I, IV & V’, Randall-Page combines geometric order with geological chaos to produce something both visceral and sensual.

By stacking spheres together systematically he has produced curvaceous variations on three of the five platonic solids. In his words “These fundamental regular forms have been known since antiquity and are the geometric building blocks of our universe.”

The highly figured Rosso Luana marble introduces a cloud like and poetic quality in contrast to the structural discipline of the forms themselves

Year: 2013


Copyright the artist, courtesy of William Benington Gallery. Photo: © Nick Turpin

Material

Rosso Luana marble

Dimensions

approx. 150 cm diameter each

Artist Biography

Peter Randall-Page RA

Peter Randall-Page was born in the UK in 1954 and studied sculpture at Bath Academy of Art from 1973- 77. During the past 30 years he has gained an international reputation through his sculpture, drawings and prints. He has undertaken numerous large scale commissions and exhibited widely. A selection of his public sculptures can be found in many urban and rural locations throughout the UK including London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge and he is represented in the permanent collections of the Tate Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum. Recent public commissions include Harmonic Solids for the University of Music, Karlsruhe (2013) Source for the University of Music at Southmead Hospital Bristol (2013), Theme and Variation commissioned the University of Birmingham for the façade of the Bramhall Music Building (2014) and façade and the new Laboratory building at Dulwich College designed in collaboration with Grimshaw architects (2016). A major new work The One and the Many at Fitzroy Place, London was unveiled in June 2016 which has been shortlisted for the PMSA’s Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture.