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Sliced Log Star (Inside Out Tree)
Andrew Darke was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1948
He had no formal art education and began making sculpture in 1965. He moved to Forest of Dean in 1983, working extensively with wood.
He has exhibited widely in group and one-person exhibitions in the UK since taking part in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park inaugural exhibition in 1977.
Much of his work has centered around outdoor sculpture and he has undertaken an extensive range of commissions on public and private sites, residencies (including the Forest of Dean 1985, hosted by the Forestry Commission and Arnolfini Bristol), and consultancy and design collaborations in the area of public art. He has work in many public collections.
He was a Trustee of the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail 1987-99 and was a founder member of the group Art & Place in 1989, subsequently PLACE from 1994, which has made and advocated for, a number of proposals for Cardiff Bay. The group works on ideas, proposals and papers for publication, which range across the fields of art and the environment. Current concerns include the impacts of both mobile telephony infrastructure and power lines in the environment (in particular, aesthetics). Work is also underway on a book covering the Cardiff proposals.
Andrew Darke
Field House, Yorkley Wood, Nr Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 4TU
telephone 01594 562646
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