Mantle - meaning a cloak or shawl, and as a verb, to envelop - takes its inspiration from the carved drapery of ancient Greek & Baroque sculpture. It hovers at the point between concealment & emergence, assistance or resistance, capturing a sense of graceful, upward movement through & beyond.

Part of the power of drapery was due to the outdoor locations of ancient sculpture, where the changing environment through the day would create the visual illusion of movement within the carved fabric. The location of the sculpture in a sense completes the work. Human hands yet shimmering gold, cloth flowing like metal, we are unsure of exactly what we are seeing or when, something & somewhere between classical & contemporary sculpture.

Bo Lanyon works across painting and sculpture, exploring an entangled landscape of experience: inequalities, distance, communication, discord, loss, reconciliation & hope. Born in Cornwall, he currently lives and works in Bristol, UK. He holds an MA from the Royal College of Art, has work in the Zabludowicz Collection and has received a number of awards from Arts Council England. 

His podcast for Bricks Bristol explored how artists working now have responded to the legacy of the St. Ives school, speaking with Lucy Stein, Hannah Murgatroyd and musician Gwenno on painting, the British Modernist tradition, ancient Cornish fougous, living with the dead and the lasting influence of his grandfather, Peter Lanyon.

BO LANYON

‘MANTLE’

Bronze

(HWD)

Lockdown N.1 - 2020

Edition of 8

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