Artist Digest: David Nash

David Nash
Artist Digest
Conversations
- "They were the result of a process and I thought I could work like that. Go with the process. Let the object take care of itself"
  
  Watch David Nash in conversation with Studio International writer Victoria Simpson at Towner Art Gallery. They discuss the evolution of his process, the importance of dialogue with materials and the need for his work to communicate the spirit and materials of its place.
- "Wood just suits me, I’m a Saxon!"
  
  David Nash interviewed by Martin Gayford on making art in the outdoors.
Works
- David Nash
  Three Red Sheaves, 2013
  Redwood
  3 parts, overall: 116 x 67 x 16 inches
  
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- 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
  
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- David Nash
  Branding Lines, 2012
  Oak
  35 x 13 x 4 inches
  
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- David Nash
  King & Queen, 2021
  Bronze
  King: 32 x 130 x 23 inches
  Queen: 32 x 130 x 16 inches
  
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- David Nash
  Ash Dome, 2005
  Graphite on paper
  24 x 31.5 inches, framed
  
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Critic's Corner
"Nash’s work embraces an ephemerality that conditions its opposing claims to permanence."

Zehra Jumabhoy reviews David Nash's retrospective at the National Museum for Artforum.com
From the Vault

Witness the creation of David Nash's Black Mound, a site-specific work of carved oak that was charred black through carefully controlled burning. Commissioned in 2013 for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the piece overlooks the Park’s historic lakes and references the natural cycle of wood. “With wood sculpture, one tends to see ‘wood,’ a warm familiar material, before reading the form: wood first, form second," Nash explained. “Charring radically changes this experience."
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