Michael Sandle RA (b. 1936)
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.
Profile
Born: 1936 in Portland Bill, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Nationality: British
Elected ARA: 5 May 1982
Elected RA: 7 December 1989
Elected Senior RA: 1 October 2011
Resigned: 11 Sep 1997
Rejoined: 26 May 2004
Gender: Male
Preferred media: Sculpture
Works by Michael Sandle in the RA Collection
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Works associated with Michael Sandle in the RA Collection
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Gallery
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Michael Sandle RA, Head Mickey Mouse.
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Michael Sandle RA - Selected CV
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Recent Solo Exhibitions
2012 Flowers Gallery in Pforzheim
2009 “Twentieth Century Memorial”, Dean Clough, Halifax
2008 “Twentieth Century Memorial”, Duveen Gallery, Tate Britain
2007 Centenary Art Gallery, Leeds University Retrospective, Inner Bailey Ludlow Castle
Frost & Reed, London
2005 Drawing Retrospective, DLI Gallery, Durham
1998 Sculpture & Drawing, Manx Museum, Isle of Man
1996 De Montfort University, Lincoln
1995 Drawings & Sculpture, Jason & Rhodes, London
Memorials for the Twentieth Century, Tate Liverpool -
Selected Collections
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
Arts Council of Great Britain
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
British Council
British Museum
Cass Sculpture Foundation
Contemporary Art Society
Government Art Collection
Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Imperial War Museum, London
Manx Heritage Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man
Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
Muzeum Narodowe, Gdansk, Poland
Sydney Bestoff Sculpture Gardens, New Orleans, USA
Staatsgallerie Stuttgart, Germany
Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany
Tate Britain, London
Victoria & Albert Museum, London -
Selected Commissions & Awards
2007 Hugh Casson Drawing Prize, Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition
2004-6 Kenneth Armitage Fellowship
2002 Memorial to Lifeboatmen, Marine Gardens, Douglas, Isle of Man
2001 International Maritime Organization Seafarers’ Memorial, Albert Embankment, London
1997 “The Viking”, Port Erin Arts Centre, Isle of Man
1995 Henry Hering Memorial Medal (for Malta Siege Memorial) National Sculpture Society of America
1992 “St Margaret”, The Pearl Assurance Head Offices, Peterborough
1988-92 Malta Siege Memorial, Grand Harbour, Valletta
1989 Korn/Ferry Award, Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition
1988 “St. George & the Dragon”, Blackfriars, London
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