Wendy Taylor

Wendy Ann Taylor CBE (born Stamford, Lincolnshire, 1945) is an English artist and sculptor, specialising in permanent, site-specific commissions.

For the particle physicist, see Wendy Taylor (physicist).

Wendy Taylor
Octo, Milton Keynes
EducationSt Martin's School of Art
Known forSculpture
MovementModernism
Websitehttp://wendytaylorsculpture.co.uk/

Early life and education

Wendy Taylor studied from 1963 to 1967 at the Saint Martin's School of Art in London. She gained renown for her many sculptures in the public realm, especially in London.

Career
Timepiece, St Katharine Docks by Tower Bridge

Taylor's abstract sculptures explore themes of equilibrium, materiality and fabrication. From 1986 to 1988, she was design consultant for the Commission for New Towns. In 1988, Taylor was the subject of a documentary on The South Bank Show, and, in 1992, her work was profiled in a monograph by Edward Lucie-Smith.

In 1988, Taylor was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1999, she restored the Virginia Quay Settlers Monument at Blackwall, London,[1] adding an astrolabe. In 2005, a major exhibition of her work was held at the Cass Sculpture Foundation in Goodwood titled The Seed Series. In 2009, this exhibition travelled to Canary Wharf in London.

Three of her works are Grade II listed structures: the Virginia Quay Settlers Monument,[2] Timepiece in St Katharine Docks, London,[3] and the Octo sculpture and reflecting pool,[4] in Milton Keynes.

Taylor lives and works in London.

Exhibitions
  • Kasmin Gallery, 1966[5]
  • Exhibited Tier and Column at the British Council exhibition 'British Printmakers 1968–1970'.[6]
  • Sculpture 66, AIA Gallery, London 1966.[7]

Works
Virginia Quay Settlers Monument
Jester, Cambridge
Dung Beetles sculpture at London Zoo
  • 1971: Triad, Somerville College, Oxford
  • 1973: Timepiece, St Katharine Docks, London
  • 1979/80: Octo, Norfolk House, Milton Keynes
  • 1982: Essence, Saxon Court, Milton Keynes
  • 1983: Gazebo, Golders Hill Park, London Barnet
  • 1986: Pharos, East Kilbride South Lanarkshire
  • 1987: Docklands Enterprise, West Dock/Marsh Lane
  • 1987: Globe Sundial Sculpture, Marine Walk, Swansea
  • 1994: Jester, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, Purchase, USA
  • 1997: Rope Circle, Hermitage Basin, London
  • 1997: Spirit of Barrow
  • 1999: Dung Beetles, Millennium Conservation Centre, Regent's Park, London
  • 1999: Virginia Quay Settlers Monument, Jamestown Way, London (restoration of the 1928 monument)
  • 2000: Tortoises with Triangle and Time, Holland Park, London
  • 2000: The Millennium Fountain, River Walk, Enfield
  • 2001: Voyager, Wapping High Street
  • 2003: Knowledge, Library Square, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London
  • 2006: Sycamore, sculpture garden at Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood
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gollark: What if we create AR glasses which blot out all people on tracks and in similar situations so nobody has responsibility?
gollark: I mean, a laser powerful enough to stop the train would probably create more problems for the people on the tracks than just the molten or vaporized or whatever metal.
gollark: The real solution is a very powerful laser. Not only will it slow down via radiation pressure, but when the front of the train ablates it'll slow down further.
gollark: That reminds me! AutoBotRobot function will be restored SOON™

References
  1. "First Settlers Monument". www.tower-bridge.org.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  2. Historic England. "Virginia Quay Settlers Monument  (Grade II) (1442213)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. Historic England. "Timepiece Sculpture  (Grade II) (1391106)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. Historic England. "Octo sculpture and reflecting pool  (Grade II) (1432576)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. Wolfram, Eddie. 'An earlier situation and current hard-edge trends', Arts Review, Vol. 18, Issue 3, 19 February 1966, p. 51.
  6. "British Council exhibition BRITISH PRINTMAKERS 1968–1970". Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  7. Burland, Cottie, 'Sculpture 66', Arts Review, Vol. 18, Issue 24, 10 December 1966, p. 554.
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