PHILIP BLACKER
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5th - 28th MARCH
''I am absolutely delighted to be holding my first one man show at the Osborne Studio Gallery. Having started out as a professional jockey, my early days as a sculptor were very much horse orientated, concentrating on capturing the authenticity and movement of racing subjects which I knew so well. Since my first life-size sculpture of Red Rum for Aintree, I have carried out around 30 more large scale pieces which are situated around the world.
My latest piece is a half life-size sculpture of Prix de L’Arc de Triomph winner Alpinista, which now stands at Sir Mark Prescott’s Heath House Stables. The bronzes assembled at this exhibition represent not only horses, but other subjects that have caught my imagination.
I continue to enjoy sculpture as my principle passion, but in recent years I have been diversifying. Alongside the bronzes, I have been developing my painting. I wanted to bring added colour and narrative to my work. As a result of this, I became interested in designing silk scarves, I particularly like the idea of my work being worn. These designs can be seen in the exhibition, as both a scarf, and standalone paintings.
Sculpture to be worn, was my way into designing silver jewellery which has been an intriguing challenge, and one which I am especially enjoying. With this lovely mix of projects, life is never dull and I am wondering what my next project will be.
In the meantime, I am immensely grateful to The Osborne Studio Gallery for allowing me to exhibit all the different streams of my work in London for the first time.''
