Victory & Defeat was established as a student at the RCA. Earlier involvement as a competitive rower inspired a prolific period of printmaking and drawing. The show Victory & Defeat was first presented at the RCA in 1982 and in 1983 a selection was included at Christie’s for their inaugural exhibition of new graduate art and at the Imperial War Museum (IWM). The project V&D continued into a fellowship at the Artescape Trust in Lincoln and as Resident artist at Bishop Grosse-Teste University, Lincoln. Sculptures, printmaking, and drawings were created for further shows at the Artescape Trust, the University at BGT, and Lincoln College of Art.
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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 solo 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. Off-set Lithographs sizes are 4 x plates measuring 1.25 x 1.50 m. Also included are some small painted wooden and metal maquettes celebrating victory.
