Shape Shifting
Dylan Lewis is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost sculptors of the animal form. Over the past 15 years he has exhibited both locally and internationally, often in partnership with Everard Read. After a record-breaking solo auction at Christie´s of London in June 2007, Lewis is proud to return to London 2 years later, with an exhibition that traces his progression towards the human form.
Although initially recognised primarily as an animalier, Dylan Lewis´s most influential inspiration has neither been the large cats nor or animals at all. Instead, it has always been his rich experience of wilderness areas -- to him, timeless places that suggest original and inner freedoms and the wild and untamed. Unless one recognises this, his recent exploration of the human form seems to suggest a radical shift in the sculptor´s focus. However, the shift in his subject matter is really a natural progression of both his artistic journey and his personal philosophy. In a carefully selected series of non-chronological works and installations, the threads underlying this progression from wilderness, to animal, to fragmented animal forms, to the human/animal interface embodied in his latest figure work are illustrated. Where does animal end and humankind begin? In exploring this tantalising enigma, Lewis searches wilderness for inspiration, meaning and answers.
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Exhibition times:
Thursday 23 July - Friday 21 August 2009 (closed on weekend of 15/16 August)
Monday : 9am - 7pm (Mon 17 Aug close at 5pm) Tuesday - Friday : 9am - 5pm
Saturday and Sunday 10am - 4pm
Venue:
Christie´s South Kensington 85 Old Brompton Road London SW7 3LD
Contact:
Tel: +44 (0)20 7930 6074
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