Giles Penny
Giles Penny (born 1962) is an English sculptor and painter. He has created many public sculptures by commission, which stand in locations in Britain.
Life
[edit]Penny was born in Dorset. He attended the Heatherley School of Fine Art in Chelsea, the Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and the Newport College of Art.[1][2]
In the late 1980s he completed two portrait commissions, of Richard Branson and Anita Roddick, and afterwards became artist-in-residence at Anita Roddick's The Body Shop, creating many sculptures for the grounds of the company's headquarters in Littlehampton.[3] He has exhibited in England and France,[1] including in 2023 at an exhibition of works by several sculptors in the gardens of Ashridge House, Hertfordshire.[4][5]
He was elected in 1994 an Associate of the Royal Society of Sculptors.[1] In 2017, he was elected an Academician of the Royal West of England Academy.[2][6]
Works
[edit]Penny has written that "when I reflect on my work over the past forty years I've found it's the idea in conjunction with the making that completes the experience." He acknowledges the influence of Giacomo Manzù.[3] His works include the following:
"Man with Arms Open" in West India Avenue, Canary Wharf, and "Two Men on a Bench" in Wren Landing, Canary Wharf, are bronze sculptures dating from 1995. After they were shown in 1999 in the millennium exhibition The Shape of the Century; they were purchased by the Canary Wharf Group.[7][8]
"Man and Ball", of 1995, is a bronze sculpture, height 1.84 metres (6 ft 0 in), commissioned by Ransomes Europark in Ipswich, where it is situated.[9]
"Man and Animal", of 2004, is a bronze sculpture, height 2 metres (6 ft 7 in), in Camomile Walk, Portishead, Somerset. It was commissioned by Crest Nicholson.[10]
Gallery
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Two Men on a Bench, at Wren Landing, Canary Wharf, London -
Man With Arms Open, at West India Avenue, Canary Wharf -
![Man and Arch, at Fulham Reach, London, commissioned by St. George Central London Ltd.[4]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Fulham_Reach%2C_Hammersmith_%2851934494374%29.jpg/120px-Fulham_Reach%2C_Hammersmith_%2851934494374%29.jpg)
Man and Arch, at Fulham Reach, London, commissioned by St. George Central London Ltd.[4] -
Man and Ball, at Ransomes Europark, Ipswich -
Man and Globe, at Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth -
Signalman, Wolverhampton
![Man and Arch, at Fulham Reach, London, commissioned by St. George Central London Ltd.[4]](/wiki/File:Fulham_Reach,_Hammersmith_(51934494374).jpg)
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Giles Penny" Art UK,. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Giles Penny" Winsor Birch. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Paintings, Printed and Sculpture by Giles Penny 19 Aug 2023 – 28 Aug 2023" ArtRabbit. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Giles Penny" Ashridge House. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Ashridge House: Grade I listed house hosts first sculpture trail" BBC, 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Giles Penny" Royal West of England Academy. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Giles Penny:Man with Arms Open" Canary Wharf Group. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Giles Penny: Two Men on a Bench" Canary Wharf Group. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Man and Ball" Art UK. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Man and Animal" Art UK. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
External links
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Media related to Giles Penny at Wikimedia Commons