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UEL sculptor Grenville Davey unveils new solo exhibition at Canary Wharf

Tuesday 5 February 2008

A major exhibition of new sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist and University of East London (UEL) lecturer Grenville Davey is currently on show at Canary Wharf.

‘Little Emperor’ is Grenville’s first solo show in London for more than ten years. The exhibition, housed in the lobby of One Canada Square, features ten original sculptures created at his Essex studio in 2007.

Grenville said: “The idea for this exhibition emerged from a small-scale proposal for installation of etched copper tiles in the lobby. The idea of exhibiting work in such a wonderful space away from the gallery system definitely fuelled my enthusiasm, and I was soon working on a series of engrossing new sculptures.”

On Tuesday 12 February, at 1.15pm, Grenville will join curator Ann Elliott for a free public discussion of the exhibition, which features a diverse range of imagery and concepts. Arts Council England funded the project after Grenville received an Arts Council Established Artists Award in 2007.

Grenville said: “The works came to life together, in the studio, over quite a considerable time, so associations naturally developed between them. The title ‘Little Emperor’ refers to the fact that each work, as it was made, was given the intensity of care and attention shown by fond parents and grandparents towards an only child.”

Grenville Davey is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at the University of East London. UEL’s School of Architecture and the Visual Arts offers a wide range of highly-rated programmes in Architecture, Fashion/Textiles, Fine Art, Visual Theories, and Digital Arts and Visual Communication. For further information visit www.uel.ac.uk/ava.

‘Little Emperor’ is part of Canary Wharf’s ongoing ‘Sculpture in the Workplace’ series, and will be on display in the lobby of One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, until 14 March 2008. The exhibition is open Monday-Friday from 5.30am to midnight, and at weekends from 7.00am to 11.30pm. For further details, contact Canary Wharf Public Art Office on 020 7418 2257.

For details and pictures contact Daniel Cherry: 020 8223 2194

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