Hambling, Maggie

Maggie Hambling was born in 1945 in the east of England.

Family

Maggie Hambling has an older sister, Ann, and an older brother, Roger. As Maggie admits, she was always close to her mother, and became close to her father after he retired at 60, then the artist gave him oil paints, and she discovered that her father was a great artist. It was his father and his paintings that inspired Maggie after studying to return to Sudbury, where she now partially resides. ^[1] She studied with Cedric Morris and Lett Hines at the Ipswich (1962–64) and Cumberwell Schools of the Arts (1964–67), as well as at the Felix Slade School of Fine Arts (1967–69). ^{[2] [3]}

In addition to sculpture, Maggie Hambling also paints. Among her works are portraits of George Mellie and Max Wall , which are in the National Portrait Gallery of London. Hambling's works are included in the public collections of the British Museum , the Tate Gallery , the London National Gallery and the Galust Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. ^[four]

Conversation with Oscar Wilde

The sculpture "Conversation with Oscar Wilde" was created in 1998 ^[5] .

Wilde fans, especially Derek Jarman , first proposed the creation of a memorial in honor of Oscar Wilde in the 1980s. After the death of Derek Jarman in 1994, a committee was created for the earliest appearance of the memorial, led by television producer Jeremy Isaacs and including actors Judy Dench , Sir Ian McKellen and poet Sheimas Heaney . The committee members from the sketches of 12 artists, chose the idea of ​​Hambling. Her design shows Wilde's bronze head rising from a green granite sarcophagus, which also serves as a bench. Wilde's hand held a cigarette. ^{[6] The} cigarette was repeatedly seized, it was even called the most frequent act of vandalism in relation to public art in London. Now this part of the sculpture is not replaced. ^{[7] [8]}

Sink

The sculpture "Shell" was created as a monument to composer Benjamin Britten in his homeland, in Oldborough .

"Shell" symbolizes the spirit of the music of the composer. Several connected oyster shells, a complex structure made of steel. On the occasion of the centenary of her beloved composer, Maggie Hambling also created a series of “Wall of Water”, consisting of 10 engravings. The prodigal son “The Prodigal Son (Britten's Opera) ” inspired her to this work.

In the summer of 2013, an exhibition was held with this series called “Maggie Hambling. Wall of Water ”in the Hermitage . The exposition was held as part of the “Benjamin Britten Seasons in Russia”. A series of engravings "The Wall of Water" embodies the images of the "Prodigal Son", as well as landscapes from the coast of the North Sea, where the composer lived, and where the "Shell" is located. ^[9]

"In Britain, Maggie Hambling, who creates ambiguous sculptures in the shape of a bivalve shell, is considered the undisputed supplier of kitsch " ^[10] . The work "Sink" is referred to by some as plop art . Nevertheless, it was for this sculpture that Maggie Hambling received the Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture in 2006. ^[eleven]

The remaining works of the artist can be found here .

List of exhibitions featured on Maggie Hambling's official website

• 1973 Paintings and Drawings , Morley Gallery, London
• 1977 New Oil Paintings , Warehouse Gallery, London
• 1981 Drawings and Paintings on View , National Gallery, London
• 1983 Pictures of Max Wall , National Portrait Gallery London and tour
• 1987 Maggi Hambling , Serpentine Gallery, London
• 1988 Maggi Hambling , Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr. Moments of the Sun, Arnolfini, Bristol and tour
• 1990 New Paintings 1989-90 , Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
• 1991 An Eye Through a Decade , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
• 1992 The Jemma Series , monotypes, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
• 1993 Dragon Morning , Works in Clay, CCA Galleries, London
• 1993 Towards Laughter , Maggi Hambling, Northern Center for Contemporary Art, Sunderland and tour
• 1995 Jerwood Painting Prize , Royal Academy of Scotland, Edinburgh, Royal Academy, London
• 1996 Sculpture in Bronze , Marlborough Fine Art London
• 1997 A Matter of Life and Death , Bothy Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. A Statue for Oscar Wilde, National Portrait Gallery, London; Hugh Lane Gallery , Dublin
• 1998 A Convesation with Oscar Wilde , unveiled Adelaide Street, London
• 2000 Good Friday , Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk
• 2001 Good Friday , Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Henrietta Moraes by Maggi Hambling, Marlborough Fine Art, London. Father, Morley Gallery, London
• 2003 The Very Special Brew Series , Sotheby's, London .. North Sea Paintings, Snape Maltings Concert Hall Gallery, Suffolk. Scallop, a sculpture to celebrate Benjamin Britten, unveiled Oldborough, Suffolk
• 2004 Thorpeness Sluice and North Sea Waves , Peter Pears Gallery, Oldborough, Suffolk
• 2006 Portraits of People and the Sea , Marlborough Fine Art London
• 2007 No Straight Lines , Octagon Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, Abbot Hall, Kendal Waves Breaking, Marlborough Graphics, London. Waves Breaking, Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. Waves and Waterfalls, Abbot Hall, Kendal
• 2008 Waves and Waterfalls , Marlborough Fine Art, London. Waterfalls and Slaughden Waves, Peter Pears Gallery, Oldborough, Suffolk. North Sea Waves, David Case Fine Art, Norfolk
• 2009 George always-portraits of George Melly by Maggi Hambling , Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and National Portrait Gallery, London. The Sea - paintings by LS Lowry and Maggi Hambling, The Lowry, Salford, Manchester.
• 2010 Maggi Hambling: The Wave , The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Maggi Hambling: New Sea Sculpture, Paintings and Etchings, Marlborough Fine Art, London. The Brixton Heron, The Prince & Dex Building, London
• 2012 You are the Sea , installation shown at SNAP 2012, Aldeburgh Festival.
• 2013 The Resurrection Spirit , unveiled at St Dunstan's Church, Mayfield, England. Wall of water, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. The Winchester Tapestries unveiled at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England. War Requiem, installation shown at SNAP 2013, Aldeburgh Festival
• 2014 Maggi Hambling: Walls of Water , The National Gallery London (November 26, 2014 - February 15 , 2015), Walls of Water: The Monotypes, Marlborough Fine Art (December 3, 2014 - January 10, 2015)
• 2015 Maggi Hambling: War Requiem & Aftermath , Somerset House, London.
• 2016 Maggi Hambling - Touch: works on paper , British Museum, London, September 8, 2016 - January 29, 2017
• 2017 Maggi Hambling: Edge , Marlborough Fine Art
• 2018 Michael Jackson: On The Wall , National Portrait Gallery, London, June 28 - October 21
• 2018 The Quick and the Dead: Hambling - Horsley - Lucas - Simmons - Teller , Jerwood, Hastings October 20 - January 6, 2019

July 28, 2019 The first exhibition of the British artist “After all, beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror” opened at the Central Academy of Arts (CAFA Museum of Art) in Beijing. The exhibition presents about 60 works created by the artist from the 1960s to the present day. Among them - oil paintings, ink, graphite, coal, as well as a number of wooden sculptures. “The author uses an incredible range of strokes that look like abstract gestures to express strong emotions.” ^[four]

There is more time in Suffolk: dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, whiskey time. In London, it all seems condensed. ^[one]

I never wanted children. I know myself well enough. If I had a painting crying out in one room and a baby crying out in another, I would go to the baby, so I'm very lucky that never happened. ^[one]