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30 July 2010
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From Floor To Sky

By Heather Blair published on Thursday, 04 March

With the launch of Shaping Sculpture in January – a year long programme of events surrounding practices in contemporary sculpture and Tate Britain’s Henry Moore retrospective opening its doors only last week, sculpture has already featured highly on the cultural radar in 2010. This Friday, From Floor to Sky – an exhibition curated by the hugely influential St. Martin’s teacher, Peter Kardia – brings together work by some of the most significant British sculptors of our time.

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Widely acknowledged for his pioneering approach to teaching, Kardia is attributed to radically shaking up traditional pedagogies in art school education. Undertaking prominent posts at St. Martins and the Royal College of Art during the 1960’s and 70’s, Kardia encouraged students to engage with the creative process, rather than focus merely on the finished result. Responsible for setting up the radical ‘A’ course, Kardia’s teaching methods extended far beyond those in place across British Art schools today.

The subject of a series of forthcoming events across London this month, a celebration of Kardia’s work kicks off at Ambika P3 this Friday with From Floor to Sky: British Sculpture and the Studio Experience. Featuring Kardia’s selection of 28 of his former students – including work by Richard Long, Alison Wilding, Bill Woodrow and Richard Wentworth – each has contributed two pieces of work, one from their early career as students of Kardia and one contemporary piece. Featuring sculpture, painting, film and performance works from, this exhibition will consider the development of sculptural works across up to four decades - from the art school studio to the present day.

This month also sees several symposium events presented alongside this exhibition. A panel discussion at Tate Britain on 10th March will assess the continued impact that Peter Kardia has had on teaching practice within the visual arts from the perspective of his students, speakers – Richard Deacon, Peter Kardia, Malcolm Le Grice, Jean Matthee and Richard Wentworth. And secondly a weekend forum held on 26th and 27th March at Central St. Martins, Charing Cross Road site which will assess the ‘Locked Room’ course – which took place in the same building in 1969 – and see Kardia share a platform with some of his colleagues for the first time in over 40 years.

 

From Floor to Sky opens at Ambika P3, University of Westminster on Friday 5th March until Sunday 4th of April.

Admission Free. www.p3exhibitions.com

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