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⚫ | '''Stephen Cox''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|RA}} (born 1946 |
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⚫ | '''Stephen Cox''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|RA}} (born 1946) is a British sculptor, known for his monolithic public artworks in stone.<ref name="CASS">{{cite web|url=http://www.sculpture.org.uk/artist/77/stephen-cox|title=Stephen Cox|publisher=CASS Sculpture Foundation|access-date=27 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027212224/http://www.sculpture.org.uk/artist/77/stephen-cox|archive-date=27 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Cox trained at the [[Central School of Art and Design]], London, from 1966 to 1968.<ref name="CASS" /> and attended the sixth [[Indian Triennale]] in 1986 in [[New Delhi]], to represent the United Kingdom.<ref name="CASS" /> His style mixes Italian, Egyptian and Indian traditions.<ref name="Clark" /> He also works in wood,<ref name="Clark" /> and has exhibited at the [[Royal Academy]].<ref name="Clark" /> |
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⚫ | Cox lives and works in a former farmhouse at [[Clee Hills|Clee Hill]], Shropshire, England<ref name="Clark">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/nov/06/room-own-stephen-cox-sculptor|title=A room of my own: Stephen Cox|last=Clark|first=Alex|date=6 November 2011|work=[[The Observer]]|accessdate=27 October 2014}}</ref> and has a second home in [[Mahabalipuram]], India, where he also works.<ref name="CASS" /> |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1986}} |event= ''Atyeo'' |location= [[Bristol]] }} |
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1986}} |event= ''Atyeo'' |location= [[Bristol]] }} |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1988}} |event= ''Song'' |location= [[Cairo Opera House]] }} (imperial [[porphyry (geology)|porphyry]] and white [[diorite]] stone)<ref>{{cite web |title=Song, 1989 |url=https://www.stephencoxra.com/new-blog/song-1989 |website=Stephen Cox |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref> |
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1988}} |event= ''Song'' |location= [[Cairo Opera House]] }} (imperial [[porphyry (geology)|porphyry]] and white [[diorite]] stone)<ref>{{cite web |title=Song, 1989 |url=https://www.stephencoxra.com/new-blog/song-1989 |website=Stephen Cox |date=7 April 2014 |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref> |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1990}} |event= ''Hymn'' |location= [[University of Kent]] }}<ref>{{cite web |title=Thank and Give event 2015 |url=https://www.kent.ac.uk/giving/yoursupport/thankandgive.html?tab=canterbury |website=University of Kent |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref> |
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1990}} |event= ''Hymn'' |location= [[University of Kent]] }}<ref>{{cite web |title=Thank and Give event 2015 |url=https://www.kent.ac.uk/giving/yoursupport/thankandgive.html?tab=canterbury |website=University of Kent |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref> |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1991}} |event= ''Osirisisis'' |location= [[Stockley Park]] business park, near [[Heathrow Airport]]}} (diorite stone)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Devonshire Jones |first1=Tom |title=A Geology of the Sacred: Stephen Cox Reopens the Ancient Quarries |url=https://imagejournal.org/article/6452/ |website=Image Journal |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref> |
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1991}} |event= ''Osirisisis'' |location= [[Stockley Park]] business park, near [[Heathrow Airport]]}} (diorite stone)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Devonshire Jones |first1=Tom |title=A Geology of the Sacred: Stephen Cox Reopens the Ancient Quarries |url=https://imagejournal.org/article/6452/ |website=Image Journal |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref> |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1992}} |event= ''Mantra'' |location= [[British High Commission, New Delhi]] }} |
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1992}} |event= ''Mantra'' |location= [[British High Commission, New Delhi]] }} |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1993}} |event= Reredos: ''Christ the Saviour of the World'', altar and font |location= [[St Paul's Church, Harringay]], London }}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Parish Church of St. Paul Harringay, 1993 |url=https://www.stephencoxra.com/new-blog/2018/5/17/the-parish-curch-of-st-paul-harringay |website=Stephen Cox |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref> |
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1993}} |event= Reredos: ''Christ the Saviour of the World'', altar and font |location= [[St Paul's Church, Harringay]], London }}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Parish Church of St. Paul Harringay, 1993 |url=https://www.stephencoxra.com/new-blog/2018/5/17/the-parish-curch-of-st-paul-harringay |website=Stephen Cox |date=17 December 2013 |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref> |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1993}} |event= ''Mago'' |location=Fattoria di Celle – Collezione Gori, Pistoia, Italy }}<ref>{{cite web |title=Mago |url=http://www.goricoll.it/index.php?file=opere&id_cell_opera=2 |website=Fattoria de Celli |accessdate=10 March 2020 |language=it}}</ref> |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1993}} |event= ''Echo'' |location= Broadgate Properties, Fleet Place, [[Ludgate]], London }} |
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1993}} |event= ''Echo'' |location= Broadgate Properties, Fleet Place, [[Ludgate]], London }} |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1996}} |event= ''Tribute Sculpture'' |location= British High Commission, [[Canberra]] }} (war memorial) |
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1996}} |event= ''Tribute Sculpture'' |location= British High Commission, [[Canberra]] }} (war memorial) |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2009}} Virgin Mary and Saint Midred |location= Tower Gateway of [[Lincoln College, Oxford]] }} |
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2009}} Virgin Mary and Saint Midred |location= Tower Gateway of [[Lincoln College, Oxford]] }} |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2011}} |event= ''Holy Water Stoup'' |location= Canterbury Cathedral }} |
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2011}} |event= ''Holy Water Stoup'' |location= Canterbury Cathedral }} |
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* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2015}} |event= ''Memorial to [[Edwin Lutyens]]'' and ''Figure Emerging'' |location= Mayfair, London}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Stephen |title=Apple Tree Yard Sculpture Honours Spirit of Lutyens |url=http://www.lutyenstrust.org.uk/portfolio-item/apple-tree-yard-sculpture-honours-spirit-lutyens/ |website=The Lutyens Trust |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hancock |first=Michaila |date=3 June 2015 |title=Eric Parry completes St James's Square office |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/eric-parry-completes-st-jamess-square-office/8683365.article |magazine=[[ |
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2015}} |event= ''Memorial to [[Edwin Lutyens]]'' and ''Figure Emerging'' |location= Mayfair, London}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Stephen |title=Apple Tree Yard Sculpture Honours Spirit of Lutyens |url=http://www.lutyenstrust.org.uk/portfolio-item/apple-tree-yard-sculpture-honours-spirit-lutyens/ |website=The Lutyens Trust |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hancock |first=Michaila |date=3 June 2015 |title=Eric Parry completes St James's Square office |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/eric-parry-completes-st-jamess-square-office/8683365.article |magazine=[[Architects' Journal]] |location=London |access-date=10 May 2019 }}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 24 March 2024
Stephen Cox | |
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Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Bristol, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | Central School of Art and Design |
Known for | Sculpture |
Website | stephencoxra |
Stephen Cox RA (born 1946) is a British sculptor, known for his monolithic public artworks in stone.[1]
Cox trained at the Central School of Art and Design, London, from 1966 to 1968.[1] and attended the sixth Indian Triennale in 1986 in New Delhi, to represent the United Kingdom.[1] His style mixes Italian, Egyptian and Indian traditions.[2] He also works in wood,[2] and has exhibited at the Royal Academy.[2]
Cox lives and works in a former farmhouse at Clee Hill, Shropshire, England[2] and has a second home in Mahabalipuram, India, where he also works.[1]
Works
[edit]Cox's works include:
- 1986Atyeo, Bristol :
- 1988Song, Cairo Opera House (imperial : porphyry and white diorite stone)[3]
- 1990Hymn, University of Kent : [4]
- 1991Osirisisis, Stockley Park business park, near Heathrow Airport (diorite stone) : [5]
- 1992Mantra, British High Commission, New Delhi :
- 1993Reredos: Christ the Saviour of the World, altar and font, St Paul's Church, Harringay, London : [6]
- 1993Mago, Fattoria di Celle – Collezione Gori, Pistoia, Italy : [7]
- 1993Echo, Broadgate Properties, Fleet Place, Ludgate, London :
- 1996Tribute Sculpture, British High Commission, Canberra (war memorial) :
- 1997Vessels: Adam and Eve, St Luke's Church, Chelsea, London :
- 1997Eucharist, Cathedral of St Nicholas, Newcastle Upon Tyne :
- 1998Rajiv Gandhi Samadhi, Vir Bhumi, Raj Ghat, New Delhi :
- 1999Faceted Column, Finsbury Pavement, London (sandstone, pictured) :
- 1999Tribute to Beato Surore, Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy :
- 2001Proslogion: to St. Anselm, Aosta Cathedral, Italy :
- 2005Altar to St. Anselm, St. Anselm's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral :
- 2009 Tower Gateway of Lincoln College, Oxford Virgin Mary and Saint Midred:
- 2011Holy Water Stoup, Canterbury Cathedral :
- 2015Memorial to Edwin Lutyens and Figure Emerging, Mayfair, London : [8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Stephen Cox". CASS Sculpture Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d Clark, Alex (6 November 2011). "A room of my own: Stephen Cox". The Observer. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Song, 1989". Stephen Cox. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Thank and Give event 2015". University of Kent. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Devonshire Jones, Tom. "A Geology of the Sacred: Stephen Cox Reopens the Ancient Quarries". Image Journal. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "The Parish Church of St. Paul Harringay, 1993". Stephen Cox. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Mago". Fattoria de Celli (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Cox, Stephen. "Apple Tree Yard Sculpture Honours Spirit of Lutyens". The Lutyens Trust. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Hancock, Michaila (3 June 2015). "Eric Parry completes St James's Square office". Architects' Journal. London. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Bann, Stephen (1995). The Sculpture of Stephen Cox. London: Lund Humphries. ISBN 978-0853316756.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stephen Cox (sculptor).
- Official website
- Selected CV at the Royal Academy website
- Stephen Cox entry at Cass Sculpture Foundation
- Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections