William Tucker "Present and Past"

Mckee Gallery

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A unique exhibition of five sculptures William Tucker.

The central work is of a majestic horse's head, "Day," which Tucker has been working on for the past two years. Nine feet high and modeled in plaster in the characteristic technique of Tucker's late work, the sculpture relates to his long interest in figurative fragments in Greek sculpture which harks back to a classical education and his first encounter with the Elgin marbles
in The British Museum. The title "Day" obliquely refers to the mythical horses which pulled the chariot of the Greek sun god Helios and his Hindu counterpart, Surya, to the dawn of a new day.
Surrounding the immense mass of "Day" will be four linear abstract sculptures from the Seventies, which show Tucker's intuitive need to work within a triangular geometric construction. This tendency is a logical feature of both his present and early work.

[Image: William Tucker "Day" (2012) plaster for bronze 100 x 109 x 61 in.]

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Schedule

from September 14, 2012 to October 13, 2012

Opening Reception on 2012-09-13 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

William Tucker

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