In the courtyard, visitors are confronted by a towering formation of steel «clouds», created by Royal
Academician Conrad Shawcross, before Jim Lambie's kaleidoscopic stairs lead up to the Main Galleries.
Consisting of five steel «clouds», this new immersive work by Royal
Academician Conrad Shawcross will inhabit the courtyard's central space during the Summer Exhibition.
Royal
Academician Conrad Shawcross was joined by writer and Coordinating Chaplain at Nottingham Trent University, Revd Dr Richard Davey, to discuss his courtyard installation for this year's Summer Exhibition, and the way in which his sculptures explore geometry, philosophy, physics and metaphysics.
«The Interpretation of Movement (a 9:8 in blue), 2017, by Royal
Academician Conrad Shawcross for Terrace Wires at St Pancras International station
Sculptor and Royal
Academician Conrad Shawcross presents a new public installation in St Pancras International station.
Not exact matches
Tracey Emin is the fourth Royal
Academician to create an artwork for the Terrace Wires, following in the footsteps of
Conrad Shawcross in 2017, Ron Arad in 2016 and Cornelia Parker in 2015.
The biggest headliner of the festival though is
Conrad Shawcross, the youngest living
Academician and the artist behind the monumental sculpture displayed in the courtyard of the RA during this year's summer exhibition.
Factum Arte, the workshop in Madrid that built the scanner and from which the Foundation emerged, has worked with a number of Royal
Academicians including Anish Kapoor, Grayson Perry,
Conrad Shawcross and Gillian Wearing.
The hanging committee for the Summer Exhibition includes Royal
Academicians Allen Jones, Chris Orr, Christopher Le Brun,
Conrad Shawcross, Cornelia Parker, David Mach, Emma Stibbon, Humphrey Ocean, Phyllida Barlow, Piers Gough and Tom Phillips.
Along with a talented Summer Exhibition committee consisting of Royal
Academicians Phyllida Barlow, Piers Gough, Allen Jones, David Mach, Chris Orr, Cornelia Parker, Tom Phillips,
Conrad Shawcross and Emma Stibbon the institution is celebrating its 250th anniversary.