'From Guitar to Typewriter'
'From Lobster to Bulb Ammeter'
Artists
Arthur Giardelli
Brendan Burns
Carol Hiles
Christine Kinsey
Chris Shurrock
Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Dennis Gardner
Dilys Jackson
Emrys Williams
Glyn Jones
Harvey Hood
John Selway
Martyn Jones
Peter Seabourne
Peter Spriggs
Robert Harding
Robert Alwyn Hughes
Sue Hunt
Sue Williams
Tom Piper
Antonia Spowers
Richard Renshaw
Ken Elias
harvey@berllanderi.freeserve.co.uk
"Since leaving the Royal College of Art my work has evolved from systems to metaphysical sculpture. Apart from public commissions my most recent work is made from cast iron, and is left in a rusted state. For many people rusted iron means spoiled iron, but in a metaphysical world the real state of this material unites the truth of the material with pure thought. My sculptures use components that we understand as real, yet display intentions of how you think of the relationship between them. The object is conceived by intentions without being concerned about what it looks like. For example in 'From Guitar to Typewriter' I have modelled the transformation of a guitar to a typewriter. Two objects mimicking each other. I am fascinated by the space between; whether it's the sound between notes, the pause between word associations, or the unknown form between these objects".
Harvey Hood was born in Staffordshire and studied at Birmingham College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London, where he gained an M.A. degree. He came to Wales shortly after to teach in the Sculpture Department of Cardiff College of Art (now UWIC) where he eventually became Head of Sculpture. He has completed residencies in Norway and Finland and many commissions during the period 1971-1996. He is also the Director of the Berllanderi Sculpture Workshop and has initiated and worked on many projects with visiting artists from Norway, India, Japan and the USA. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and now devotes all his time to his own practice and directing the Berllanderi Sculpture Workshop, having retired from teaching. Harvey Hood has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally. He has work in private and public collections including The National Museum and Galleries Wales; The Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oronsco, Museum Nadwislandski; Kazimierz Dolny, Poland; The Tate Gallery Education Department; Porkkana Collection, Nyktaiteen Museum Helsinki, Finland; The Arts Council of Great Britain and South West Arts.