Body & Soul

I visited Body and Soul today, a fascinating exhibition in the Waterhall Gallery of Modern Art at Birmingham's Museum & Art Gallery:

"Kenyan born Juginder Lamba is one of the most acclaimed figurative sculptors in Britain. This exhibition includes over 50 of his exquisitely crafted works in wood, stone and bronze illustrating his expressive approach to the human figure and natural forms. His often life-size male and female figures have a vibrant, dynamic quality reflecting the passions of love, loss and anguish while others embody a serene, inner stillness. He often uses salvaged timbers from old buildings, respecting the origin and history of each piece as part of the finished work."

Brendan Flynn, Curator of Fine Art at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery writes:

"The rich amalgam of cultural influences at large in his work are important but they do not define his approach. Rather, they are paths towards more universal mythologies and notions of the human condition. One of the main strengths of his work is that it addresses fundamental themes in a figurative idiom without becoming trite or sentimental. That is what makes it so compelling; the standing figure gazing upwards, the embracing lovers, the reclined figure, the mother and child, and the plant form bursting with life are all archetypes, embedded deep in the collective consciousness."

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