BARRY FLANAGAN (1941-2009) NIJINSKI HARE, bronze, conceived in 1996. (Click on image to enlarge).
BARRY FLANAGAN LARGE NIJINSKI ON ANVIL POINT, bronze, conceived in 2001. (Click on image to enlarge).
The work of artist Barry Flanagan is showcased in Sotheby’s annual selling exhibition of monumental sculpture, Beyond Limits, at Chatsworth House. This is the first time the exhibition has focused on the work of a single artist. Barry Flanagan, RA OBE (1941-2009) lived for many years in Dublin and was an Irish citizen. Sotheby’s is presenting a selection of fifteen of the artist’s critically acclaimed monumental late works. Beyond Limits follows Tate Britain’s retrospective Barry Flanagan: Early Works 1965–1982, which closed in January. Bronze hares, elephants and horses, represented in a variety of highly inventive guises – as dancers, acrobats, sportsmen and philosophers – have been installed throughout the grounds of Chatsworth in a witty and engaging counterpoint to the landscape and gardens. This will constitute the largest ever exhibition of Flanagan’s monumental bronzes. It runs until October 28.