In 1976, his friend Bill Heine invited Buckley to design the sculptural fixtures on the Penultimate Picture Palace.[2] For the facade Buckley chose a dramatic figure reminiscent of Al Jolson with outstretched hands.[3]Mae West's lips were the inspiration for the cinema's door handles and, somewhat later Buckley would erect a male and a female figure above the toilet entrances, whimsically named Pearl and Dean.
In 1978, a work of his (Pagliaccio) was exhibited by Nicholas Treadwell at the Washington Art Fair,[4] and he stayed with Treadwell for some time thereafter.[1]
The "Headington Shark" was erected on the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Made of fibreglass on the farm near Wallingford, Oxfordshire where he was based, the shark itself weighs 203 kilograms and is 25 feet long. Buckley regards it as an integral part of "Untitled 1986" or "Shark House", a work of "Mixed Media, Brick, slates, wood, metal, polyester resin, glass, plaster, oil paint, lace curtaining and window boxes……."[5]
In the village of Checkendon in South Oxfordshire is his public work 'The Nuba Survival' which features two giant skeletons embracing each other.[6] The piece was created in 2001 after he visited the Nuba peoples in Sudan.[7]
^"Return to Checkendon and the Nuba Survival". 5 March 2015.
^"Checkendon Sculpture – The Nuba Embrace". 16 February 2008.
^John Buckley, "Can art influence politics", johnbuckleysculptor.co.uk. Accessed 2010-08-18.
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john, buckley, sculptor, other, people, named, john, buckley, john, buckley, disambiguation, john, buckley, born, 1945, leeds, england, english, sculptor, whose, best, known, work, sculpture, untitled, 1986, better, known, shark, house, headington, shark, head. For other people named John Buckley see John Buckley disambiguation John Buckley born 1945 in Leeds England 1 is an English sculptor whose best known work is the sculpture Untitled 1986 better known as the Shark House or The Headington Shark in Headington a suburb of Oxford Untitled 1986 by John Buckley Buckley went to sculpture classes in the evenings when studying for his O levels in a technical college He went on to Winchester School of Art and Leicester College of Art In 1976 his friend Bill Heine invited Buckley to design the sculptural fixtures on the Penultimate Picture Palace 2 For the facade Buckley chose a dramatic figure reminiscent of Al Jolson with outstretched hands 3 Mae West s lips were the inspiration for the cinema s door handles and somewhat later Buckley would erect a male and a female figure above the toilet entrances whimsically named Pearl and Dean In 1978 a work of his Pagliaccio was exhibited by Nicholas Treadwell at the Washington Art Fair 4 and he stayed with Treadwell for some time thereafter 1 The Headington Shark was erected on the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki Made of fibreglass on the farm near Wallingford Oxfordshire where he was based the shark itself weighs 203 kilograms and is 25 feet long Buckley regards it as an integral part of Untitled 1986 or Shark House a work of Mixed Media Brick slates wood metal polyester resin glass plaster oil paint lace curtaining and window boxes 5 In the village of Checkendon in South Oxfordshire is his public work The Nuba Survival which features two giant skeletons embracing each other 6 The piece was created in 2001 after he visited the Nuba peoples in Sudan 7 Nuba Survival 2001 by John Buckley John Buckley is a patron of MAG Mines Advisory Group 8 a neutral and impartial humanitarian organisation References edit a b Treadwell Nicholas 1980 Super Humanism A British Art Movement London Nicholas Treadwell Books Heine Bill 2011 The Hunting of the Shark Oxford Oxfordfolio pp 22 23 ISBN 978 0 9567405 2 6 Archived from the original on 8 December 2015 Hibbert Christopher ed 1988 Cinemas The Encyclopaedia of Oxford Macmillan pp 88 89 ISBN 0 333 39917 X Nicholas Treadwell Superhumanism superhumanism eu 6 November 2007 Accessed 2010 08 18 John Buckley Headington Shark johnbuckleysculptor co uk Accessed 2010 08 18 Return to Checkendon and the Nuba Survival 5 March 2015 Checkendon Sculpture The Nuba Embrace 16 February 2008 John Buckley Can art influence politics johnbuckleysculptor co uk Accessed 2010 08 18 External links editJohn Buckley website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Buckley sculptor amp oldid 1173817291, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
