Kenneth Armitage CBE RA - Richmond Oaks

 
Kenneth Armitage CBE RA - Richmond Oaks

Kenneth Armitage CBE RA - Richmond Oaks

Kenneth Armitage CBE RA

Richmond Oaks

Friday 4th October - Sunday 27th October 2024

We are delighted to once again be working with The Kenneth Armitage Foundation on an exhibition of sculpture and works on paper by Kenneth Armitage, exploring the sculptural potential of trees. Specifically, the ancient oaks he found in Richmond Park.

William Kenneth Armitage CBE (1916 – 2002) was born in Leeds. He studied at Leeds College of Art and the Slade School in London before joining the British Army in 1939. During World War II he was stationed at Salisbury Plain. After leaving the army, Armitage became head of the sculpture department at the Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, in 1946. In 1952, he held his first solo exhibition in London and showed at the Venice Biennale. He went on to exhibit in major museums, galleries and sculpture parks around the world including Documenta IBienal de São Paulo, Tate, MoMA, the Guggenheim Museum and Hakone Open-Air Museum. His work is also in important international art collections.

Between 1953 – 1956, he was the Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at the University of Leeds. In 1958, Armitage won best international sculpture at the Venice Biennale. He was appointed a CBE in 1969 and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1994. In 2001, his sculpture ‘Both Arms’ was sited in Millennium Square, Leeds and was unveiled by Nelson Mandela. His Richmond Oaks body of work were first shown at Gimpel Fils, London in 1980 and were the subject of an exhibition alongside works by Jessie Flood-Paddock (former recipient of the Kenneth Armitage Fellowship) at The Tetley, Leeds in 2017.

We are grateful to the trustees of the Kenneth Armitage Foundation, Robert Hiscox and Catherine Aspey for helping make the current show possible.

Richmond Oaks will be showing at The White Horse Gallery between Friday 4th October - Sunday 27th October 2024 during shop opening hours.

                                                                                  

                                                           A selection of exhibition highlights can be viewed here.                                                        

 We look forward to seeing you!