Video: Clay sculptures by Paul Day
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The sculptor Paul Day is widely known in Europe and especially in his native Britain for his work in clay, bronze and resin. Unlike a number of other sculptors, the works of our hero can be seen not only in the walls of museums, but also in public places - for example, at the railway station and the Victoria Embankment in London. Isn't this fact in itself a recognition of his talent?
The peculiarity of Paul Day's work lies primarily in an unusual vision of perspective, and this is best manifested in his clay sculptures. For example, the work “The Nave” depicts a church - but from such a point that the viewer gets the impression that he is examining it from a height, from somewhere from under the dome itself. Another sculpture, “The St. Hubert Galleries”, created as a reflection in a person's sunglasses.
In his sculptures, Paul Day not only develops the clay modeling technique that was popular in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries and consisted in the detailed depiction of everyday scenes from life, but literally brings it to perfection. On the one hand, his works are modern, but at the same time they are based on tradition.
In 2001, Paul Day won a competition to create a monument dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, the largest air battle of World War II.
Paul Day was born in Britain in 1967. He attended art schools in Colchester and Darlington and completed his education in Cheltenham. Since 1991, the author has been engaged in sculpture. Paul Day currently lives in a French village near Dijon. You can get acquainted with his work closer here.
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