Thomas Houseago - The Beat of the Show (Outdoor sculpture)
29 July 2011 - 21 June 2012
Thomas Houseago 'Rattlesnake Figure (Aluminium)', bronze, 2011. Photograph by Michael Wolchover. Courtesy Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and private collection.
The first major outdoor exhibition of sculptures by the British artist Thomas Houseago ever to be staged, The Beat of the Show comprised of new and recent large-scale works, mostly in bronze and exhibited for the first time. One of the most original and compelling sculptors of his generation, Thomas Houseago is known for his often monumental sculptures which subvert classical and modernist forms using a variety of materials (wood, clay, plaster, iron and steel); a synthesis of abstraction and figuration, they clearly reveal the process of making and often contain elements of the drawing which lies at their core.
Thomas Houseago, Lying Figure, Bronze, 2011. Photograph by Michael Wolchover. Courtesy Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Michael Werner Gallery.
Thomas Houseago 'Golden Spoon I', bronze, 2010. Photograph by Michael Wolchover. Courtesy Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Private Collection.
Thomas Houseago 'Large Owl (For B)', bronze, 2011. Photograph by Michael Wolchover. Courtesy Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Michael Werner Gallery.