Artist : Laura Ford (b. 1961)
Title : Pale Fat Ghosts
Medium : jesmonite, steel, fabric, mixed media
Size : 120 (H) x 60 (W) x 30 (D) cm


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Laura Ford’s sculptures are faithful representations, of fantasy often with bittersweet and menacing qualities mixed with tenderness, providing us with acutely graphic renditions of human emotion, mental and physical. She utilises an acute observation of the human condition to engage with personal narrative and wider social and political issues. Her imagery is all about remembering and giving that memory clarity.

Born in Cardiff and currently living near Chichester, UK, Ford studied at Bath Academy of Art from 1978-82 and at Chelsea School of Art from 1982-83. She was included in the British Art Show 5, 2000 and represented Wales in the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005. She has had numerous solo and group shows around the world including 2012 ‘Days of Judgment’, Kulturzentrum Englische Kirche , Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg and at The New Art Centre, Roche Court, 2011 Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, USA, 2007, ‘Rag and Bone’, Turner Contemporary, Margate, 2006 ‘Armour Boys’, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2005, Venice Biennale for Wales, 2004, ‘Wreckers’, Beaconsfield, 2004 ‘Into My World: Recent British Sculpture’, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Connecticut, USA, London, 2003, ‘Headthinkers’, Houldsworth Gallery, Cork Street, 2002, ‘The Great Indoors’, Salamanca Centre of Contemporary Art, Spain, 1998, Camden Arts Centre, London. Her work is represented in many public collections including; Tate, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Government Art Collection, Potteries Museum, National Museums and Gallery of Wales; Museum of Modern Art, University of Iowa; Arts Council of Great Britain; Contemporary Art Society; Unilever plc; Penguin Books; Oldham Art Gallery, The New Art Gallery Walsall, The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, The Meijier Gardens, Grand Rapids USA and The Gateway Foundation, St. Louis, as well as numerous private collections.


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