Welcome to the fifth edition of Haines Gallery's Artist Digest.

Once a week, we focus our attention on the work of a single artist, bringing you a carefully curated mix of content that invites you to explore their practice in depth.

Today's Digest spotlights the celebrated British artist David Nash, whose works in wood and bronze and elegant works on paper reflect the artist's ongoing collaborations with the natural world.
About the Artist
For over fifty years, David Nash has produced sculptures and related works that respond to the inherent properties of wood—carving, sawing, charring, and casting it in bronze to explore his chosen medium and our relationship to the larger landscape.

In addition to a recent major career retrospective at the National Museum Cardiff, Wales and the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, England, Nash has been the subject of major exhibitions at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield; Kew Gardens, London; Royal Academy of Arts, London; and Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Michigan. His work has been collected by institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and the Tate Modern and Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Conversations
Interview with David Nash
by Victoria Simpson for Studio International
"Wood suits me, I'm a Saxon!"
by Martin Gayford

Portfolio
David Nash
Ladle and Spoon, 2017
Bronze
116.5 x 94.5 x 84 inches
Edition 1 of 4
HG15409
David Nash
Rip Cut Column , 1998
Lime
83 x 46 x 32 inches
Unique
HG9486
David Nash
Whirling Egg , 2020
Maple
17 x 12.5 x 12.5 inches
Unique
HG15419
David Nash
Black Frame , 2019
Charred beech
26 x 15.5 x 9 inches
Unique
HG15420
David Nash
Small Lined Column I , 2019
Beech, part-charred
34 x 13 x 12 inches
Unique
HG15417
David Nash
Red Column , 2019
Bronze
30.5 x 16 x 13.5 inches
Edition of 6
HG15421
David Nash
Stripe Four Panel , 2013
Redwood
42 x 17 x 3 inches
Unique
HG12020
David Nash
Cut Corner Column , 2013
Charcoal on paper
Paper: 30 x 22 inches
Frame: 35 x 27 inches
HG7417
David Nash
Three Humps , 2015
Bronze
Three parts, dimensions variable
AP 1 (from an edition of 4 + 2 AP)
HG15408
Critic's Corner
"David Nash's Artistry in Wood"
by Roderick Conway Morris

From the Vault
Witness the creation of David Nash's  Black Mound , a site-specific work of carved oak that was charred black through carefully controlled burning. Commissioned in 2013 for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the piece overlooks the Park’s historic lakes and references the natural cycle of wood. “With wood sculpture, one tends to see ‘wood,’ a warm familiar material, before reading the form: wood first, form second," Nash explained. “Charring radically changes this experience."
“I want a simple approach to living and doing. I want a life and work that reflects the balance and continuity of nature.”
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