Margaret Lovell
‘My sculptures are inspired by organic, natural forms – such as plants, and the elements of sea and wind. A recurring theme and feature of my work are undulating planes with polished edges that suggest or define a movement through space; or often the sculptures consist of two individual forms in relationship to each other, striving to create a unified harmony.’ — Margaret Lovell
Margaret Lovell is an award-winning sculptor and a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. She is also a Member of the Royal West of England Academy, and in 2012 was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Leicester. Lovell trained at the Slade School of Art in London and the Academy of Fine Art in Florence.
Since the late 1950’s Lovell’s sculpture has been exhibited extensively in the UK. She has enjoyed many solo shows, the first being in 1965 at the Marjorie Parr Gallery, London, and more recently at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, and a retrospective “50 Years On” at Porthminster Gallery, St Ives. Her work was featured in the national touring exhibition, Unpopular Culture, curated by the artist and ceramicist, Grayson Perry. The works for the show were selected from the Arts Council’s collection and Lovell’s sculpture featured in the exhibition’s catalogue.
Lovell’s works engage powerfully with the space and environment it inhabits. Her frequent use of ‘tall, swaying, wafer-thin surfaces takes the flat plane out of a rigid geometric straightjacket and suggests “organic” links to botanical phenomena’.
An Introduction
Works Available
Margaret Lovell
Ithikos
Bronze on slate
16 x 6 cm
Ed.1/4
Cast 2019
NZ$2,250
Margaret Lovell
Ithos III
Bronze on granite
57 x 8cm
Ed.1/4
NZ$3,850
Margaret Lovell
Irenika Verde
Green slate & bronze on granite
41 x 12 cm
Ed. 1/1
Signed & dated 2015
NZ$4,800
Margaret Lovell
Mantis
Bronze
132 x 57 cm
Cast 1969
Ed. 6/6
Signed
POA
Margaret Lovell
Nova Head
Bronze
173 x 60 cm
Unique 1/1
Cast by Davis Foundry, London, 2001
Exhib: Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, 2009
Exhib: Leicester University, Leicester 2010
Illustrated: Margaret Lovell, Sculptor p. 44
Price range:
POA
Margaret Lovell
Waiheke Leaf
Bronze on black granite
34cm
Ed. 2/6
NZ$4,450
Margaret Lovell
Twin Hope
Bronze on black granite
28cm
Ed. 4/5
NZ$4,450
Margaret Lovell
Omaha Wave
Bronze on granite
28 x 12cm
Signed
Ed. 7/9
NZ$3,850
Margaret Lovell
Marine Bird
Bronze on granite
15 x 21 x 8 cm
Signed & dated
Ed. A/P
NZ$7,500
Margaret Lovell
Nefertine
Polished bronze on slate
16.5 x 13 x 12 cm
Signed
Ed. 1/6
NZ$6,300
Margaret Lovell
Nefertine II P
Bronze on granite
21 x 12.5cm
Signed
Ed. 2/6
NZ$5,800
Margaret Lovell
Kaimos Head
Bronze on granite
33 x 13cm
Signed
Ed. 1/6
NZ$7,600
Margaret Lovell
Opus V
Bronze
12.5 x 9 x 3cm
Signed
Ed. 1/4
NZ$1,250
Margaret Lovell
Duette
Bronze
9.5 x 7 cm
Signed
Ed. 2/9
NZ$950
Margaret Lovell
Young Girl
Bronze
32 x 20cm
Ed. 5/6
NZ$7,500
Margaret Lovell
Messenger of Life
Bronze
33 x 11cm
AP 2 • Ed.4
NZ$6,200
Margaret Lovell
Opus VI
Bronze
13 x 9.5cm
Ed. 1/4
NZ$1,250
Margaret Lovell
Omaha Duet
Bronze
10 x 7cm
Ed.2/9
$1,150
Margaret Lovell
Triptych
Bronze
11 x 17.5 cm
Ed. 3/4
NZ$1,600
Margaret Lovell
Artelier I
Bronze on granite
122 x 27cm
Signed
Ed. 6/6
Price range:
NZ$15,000 - 20,000
