'Viking' - Port Erin, Isle of Man - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This bronze relief sculpture was commissioned by the Erin Arts Centre in Port Erin and stands near the entrance to the Centre.

The sculpture is by Michael Sandle

The dimensions of 'Viking' are:
Height 340cm
Width 245cm
Depth 30 cm

The viking figure is centrally place within the sculpture and holds a sword pointing downwards in both hands around the firure are six shields and the impression is given that the viking is lying on a boat the stern of which can be seen at the top of the scupture above the figures head and the wake like marks towards the edges of the sculpture.

There is a plaque next to the sculpture with the following text:
VIKING
by Michael Sandle
Commissioned by the Isle of Man Art Council
unveiled by
HIS EXCELLENCY
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
SIR TIMOTHY DAUNT KCMG
Saturday 8th November 1997.

Michael Sandle studied at Douglas School of Art and Technology, Isle of Man from 1951 to 1954 and the Slade School of Fine Art, London from 1956 to 1959. In his early work he emphasised craftsmanship and the search for symbols, rejecting the formalism increasingly common in sculpture of the period. Throughout the 1960s and ’70s he worked on a small range of individual works in which he explored abstract and figurative idioms.

Following his appointment as professor of sculpture at Pforzheim, Germany in 1973, and at Karlsruhe, Germany in 1980, Sandle’s work became more monumental, partly in response to a series of significant commemorative commissions. His work voices criticisms of what Sandle describes as “the heroic decadence” of capitalism, in particular its appetite for global conflict. He has also attacked the media for packaging and sanitising the destructiveness of war. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1994.

He has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions in Britain and internationally including the 5th Paris Biennale, 4th and 6th Documenta and Sao Paulo Biennale.

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Your impression of the sculpture?: Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 11/08/1997 Where is this sculpture?: Erin Arts Centre Victoria Square Port Erin, Isle of Man IM9 6LD Sculptors Name: Michael Sandle Website for sculpture?: Not listed

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