2019
Bronze, Exterior Paint
h220cm x w59cm x 47cm
Other dimensions variable
Edition 3 of 5
“I am interested in ideas around identity. About how we perceive each other – and ourselves in relation to others. We are all very adept at reading the human form, from details of clothing to body language, to a look in the eye, and we generally make judgements and decisions about people very rapidly.
With most of my sculptures I strive to keep the identity of the sitter anonymous, and to engage with what I call ‘the psychology of scale’ by making my figures either significantly smaller or larger than life size. These shifts in scale allow space for the imagination, and room for the viewer in terms of what they bring to the encounter with the artworks themselves.” Sean Henry
Courtesy of Osboure Samuel Gallery
£126,000
Sean Henry graduated in ceramics from Bristol Polytechnic in 1987 and had his first exhibition in London in 1988 at the Anatol Orient Gallery. He was the first sculptor to win the Villiers David Prize in 1998 and has had more than 30 solo shows during his career. His work is regularly exhibited by galleries in London, New York, Stockholm, Bad Homburg, Mykonos and Brussels.