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David Nash

David Nash

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  • British, b. 1945 Lives and works in Wales In a career spanning forty years, British sculptor David Nash has engaged...

    British, b. 1945

    Lives and works in Wales

     

    In a career spanning forty years, British sculptor David Nash has engaged in a focused and singular pursuit, seeking to understand the nature of place through the creation of sculpture in the dominant medium of wood. Living in the rugged countryside of northern Wales, he crafts his sculptures based on both the growth patterns and characteristics of the trees, as well as his concerns for the formal elements of contemporary sculpture. The resulting works are poetically carved, sawn and charred until they reach the artist’s desire shape, texture and color. The violence of his tools—a chain saw, an axe and fire—belies the grace of the final work. For Nash, the artistic process itself is deeply collaborative between artist and material, place and perception. He adopts a responsive and adaptable approach, allowing nature to dictate the direction that his works will take.
     
    Nash has been the subject of major exhibitions at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, U.K. (2010); Kew Gardens, London, U.K. (2013); Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI (2014); and National Museum Cardiff, Wales (2019). His work is held in the collections of many international institutions including: Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; San Jose Museum of Art, CA; St. Louis Art Museum, MI; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan; Tate Modern, London, U.K.; and Victoria & Albert Museum, London, U.K.
     

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  • ARTIST DIGEST | DAVID NASH

    ARTIST DIGEST | DAVID NASH

    Discover the work of David Nash in Haines Gallery's Artist Digest, a carefully curated mix of content that invites you to explore his practice in depth.
     
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  • Works
    • David Nash Black Mountains, 2021 Charred Oak 17.75 x 15.75 x 4.25 inches
      David Nash
      Black Mountains, 2021
      Charred Oak
      17.75 x 15.75 x 4.25 inches
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    • David Nash Oak Mountains, 2021 Oak, part-charred 35 x 17.75 x 9.5 inches
      David Nash
      Oak Mountains, 2021
      Oak, part-charred
      35 x 17.75 x 9.5 inches
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    • David Nash Branding Lines, 2012 Oak 35 x 13 x 4 inches
      David Nash
      Branding Lines, 2012
      Oak
      35 x 13 x 4 inches
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    • David Nash See Through Column, 2021 Redwood 27.5 x 17 x 9.25 inches
      David Nash
      See Through Column, 2021
      Redwood
      27.5 x 17 x 9.25 inches
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    • David Nash Stripe Five Panel, 2013 Redwood 42 x 19 x 3 inches
      David Nash
      Stripe Five Panel, 2013
      Redwood
      42 x 19 x 3 inches
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    • David Nash Three Red Sheaves, 2013 Redwood 3 parts, overall: 116 x 67 x 16 inches
      David Nash
      Three Red Sheaves, 2013
      Redwood
      3 parts, overall: 116 x 67 x 16 inches
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    • David Nash Red and Black Dome, 2008 Pastel and charcoal on paper in charred wood frame 52 x 62.75 inches, framed
      David Nash
      Red and Black Dome, 2008
      Pastel and charcoal on paper in charred wood frame
      52 x 62.75 inches, framed
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    • David Nash Ash Dome, 2005 Graphite on paper 24 x 31.5 inches, framed
      David Nash
      Ash Dome, 2005
      Graphite on paper
      24 x 31.5 inches, framed
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  • Exhibitions
    • David Nash: Wildwood

      David Nash: Wildwood

      November 3, 2023 - January 6, 2024
      Haines Gallery proudly presents Wildwood , an exhibition by the acclaimed UK artist David Nash . For over fifty years, Nash has developed a body of work that includes sculptures,...
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    • David Nash, Pierre Cordier & Gundi Falk: Index and Icon

      David Nash, Pierre Cordier & Gundi Falk: Index and Icon

      March 19 - May 2, 2015
      Haines Gallery is pleased to present Index and Icon , an exhibition examining the consonance between the works of British sculptor David Nash (b. 1945, Esher, United Kingdom) and the...
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    • Fundamental Abstraction III

      Fundamental Abstraction III

      January 9 - March 1, 2014
      Haines Gallery is pleased to present Fundamental Abstraction III , a group exhibition featuring an international selection of artists concerned with the formal aspects of line, color, shape and composition...
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    • Poetics of Construction

      Poetics of Construction

      January 18 - February 23, 2013
      Our intervention with the world is invariably shaped by the composed form. Even in the seemingly limitless digital society with which we are obliged to interact, our negotiations with physical...
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  • News
    • David Nash Fundraising Exhibition, Exhibition and online auction, London, UK November 18 - December 1, 2024
      News

      David Nash
      Fundraising Exhibition

      Exhibition and online auction, London, UK
      November 18 - December 1, 2024
      David Nash will be feaured in an online auction and exhibition i n which all proceeds will go towards the work of Doctors Without Borders UK. Over 300 artists have...
    • David Nash Group Exhibition, Landscape and Imagination: From Gardens to Land Art Compton Verney, Warwickshire, England March 21 - June...
      News

      David Nash
      Group Exhibition

      Landscape and Imagination: From Gardens to Land Art
      Compton Verney, Warwickshire, England
      March 21 - June 16, 2024
      On the lands of a historic manor, Landscape and Imagination explores the beauty of nature, reimagined and reinterpreted through the hands of artists and landscape designers. The exhibition questions whether...
    • David Nash Group Exhibition, Extinction Explorers Against Extinction, The Palace of Westminster, London, UK April 15 - 19, 2024
      News

      David Nash
      Group Exhibition

      Extinction
      Explorers Against Extinction, The Palace of Westminster, London, UK
      April 15 - 19, 2024
      The exhibition Extinction is a new initiative by the UK conservation charity Explorers Against Extinction, highlighting the effects of climate change through art. A selection of sculptors and artists have...
  • Press
  •  Maura Thomas, "This is Out of Hand," Sculpture Magazine, September 13, 2023

    Laura Freeman, “You’ll be blubbing over a wooden boulder at David Nash’s show at Towner Art Gallery” The Spectator, October 12, 2020

    Jane Ure-Smith, “Sculptor David Nash and the language of wood,” Financial Times, October 2, 2019

    Zehra Jumabhoy, “Artforum Reviews,” Artforum, October 2019

    Anne Wagner, “David Nash” London Review of Books, August 15, 2019

    Javier Pes, “What’s a Land Artist to Do When His Living Sculpture Starts Dying? David Nash Comes to Terms With the End of ‘Ash Dome’,” Artnet News, June 22, 2018

    Cody Delistraty, “A David Nash Appetizer at Galerie Lelong, Paris,” Blouin Artinfo, June 5, 2018

    AMA, “David Nash, time and nature,” Widewalls, June 7, 2018

    Lee Woo-young, "Sculptures Born Out of Respect for Nature," Korea Herald, December 18, 2014

    Mark Hudson, "Uncommon Ground - Land Art in Britain 1966 - 1979, Southampton City Art Gallery, review," The Telegraph, May 20, 2013

    Roderick Conway Morris, "David Nash's Artistry in Wood," The New York Times, August 3, 2012

    Roderick Conway Morris, "David Nash: From Dead Trees to Fine Art," The New York Times, August 2012

    Laura Cumming, "David Nash at Kew: A Natural Gallery - review," The Guardian, June 9, 2012

    Richard Cork, "David Nash at Kew: A Natural Gallery, Kew Gardens, London,"  Financial Times, June 6, 2012

    Ina Cole, "Forms Behaving in Time," Sculpture Magazine,  December 2010

    "Itinerary," Sculpture Magazine, October 2010

    Judith Flanders, "Root and Branch Reformed," Sunday Telegraph, July 2010

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