"In 2014, Scottish artist Andy Scott made international headlines with the unveiling of his colossal dual horse-head sculptures, The Kelpies. Completed in late 2013, they are installed in the Helix park in Flakirk, Scotland, and each of the steel heads measures 98-feet high and weighs in at a whopping 300 tons. The works have become iconic in their own right, but also exemplary of Scott's practice, which takes focus on animal forms and employs the visually and thematically weighty materials of steel or bronze."
"While mentions of Scott's work may conjure images of enormous outdoor animal sculptures, "Monumental" brings the artist's practice closer to human scale. Featuring maquettes, sketches, and a ten-foot steel horse head, the show is a close-up look at the nuance and sensitivity Scott brings to all his sculptures. It also spotlights the cutting-edge fabrication processes he employs to bring these works to life."
The Kelpies are 98-foot, 300-ton steel horse-head sculptures installed in the Helix park in Flakirk, Scotland, exemplifying Andy Scott’s focus on animal forms and heavy materials like steel and bronze. Monumental brings Scott’s practice to human scale through maquettes, sketches, and a ten-foot steel horse head, revealing nuanced sensitivity and advanced fabrication methods. Large works are built from thousands of hand-cut, welded steel segments; Monumental traces creative trajectories from sketches to maquettes to final imposing steel forms. The exhibition frames considerations of public art, community spaces, time, memory, and how visual culture monumentalizes the past and influences the future.
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