The Victory & Defeat series was established in 1982 during my student days at the Royal College of Art (RCA), inspired by earlier experiences as a competitive rower. The exhibition debuted at the RCA in 1982 and was featured at Christie’s and the Imperial War Museum in 1983. The project continued with a fellowship at the Artescape Trust in Lincoln and a residency at Bishop Grosseteste University, where various sculptures, prints, and drawings were created for additional exhibitions.
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All rowers recognise the fine line between victory and defeat and the analogies of war and the human condition. Victory and Defeat opened in 1983 as a public exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London. The exhibition featured a selection of twenty-five etchings and drawings organised by Angela Weight, IWM’s keeper. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/13013
The collection below includes suites of zinc, copper, and steel plate etchings, lithographs, and charcoal drawings. Plate sizes range from 30 x 30 cm, 30 x 50 cm, and 45 x 75 cm. Offset lithograph sizes are 4 plates measuring 1.25 x 1.50 m. Also included are some small painted wooden and metal maquettes celebrating victory.
