Terry Stringer

Egyptian Child, 2022
Bronze, oil painted polychrome
1900 x 300 x 300mm
Price on request

Graceful bronze sculptures, finished with a soft wax patina and offering multiple viewpoints, are at the heart of Terry Stringer’s work. Initially captivated by the elegant curved forms, one soon discovers that as the viewing angle is altered, so too is the subject matter.

Out of the standing figure of a child, a face and a gesturing hand are uncovered. It is as though one sculpture has been chiselled into so as to reveal another. So here, a presence exists inside the body of another.

Finished with a distinctive painterly quality that is characteristic of the artist, Egyptian Child has the appearance of a rich graphite drawing or a moody sepia photograph, expanded into three dimensions. As Stringer offers: “The changing of subject is part of my long time preoccupation with the hidden side of the sculptural object.”