Catalogue Raisonné. Small Maquette for Livingston New Town Sculpture Competition, 1:200 Scale
The Major Periods
1962 – 1965: Early Pop Paintings
As one of the original wave of Pop artists Gerald Laing produced some of the most significant works of the British Pop movement. His paintings reproduced images of popular heroes such as starlets, film stars, drag racers, astronauts and skydivers. His 1962 portrait of Brigitte Bardot is an iconic work of the period and regularly features in major Pop retrospectives alongside Lincoln Convertible from 1964, a commemoration of the assassination of JFK.
1965 – 1970: Utopian Abstract Sculpture
From 1965 Gerald Laing's painting evolved into abstract sculptures using the techniques and materials of car customisation - lacquering, spray-painting and chrome-plating on metal.
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1970 – 1973: Sculpture In The Landscape
A move from New York to the Highlands of Scotland in 1970 saw Gerald Laing's sculpture respond to the beauty, roughness and power of the surrounding landscape.
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1972 – 2010: Public Sculpture
Public sculptures include the the Bank Station Dragons; the Rugby Sculptures at Twickenham Stadium; the Cricketer at Lords; the Highland Clearances Memorial in Helmsdale, Sutherland and Axis Mundi in Edinburgh.
1973 – 1980: Galina Series
Inspired by the figurative sculpture of the First World War Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner, in 1973 Gerald Laing began to model in clay and cast in bronze. The Galina Series and associated sculptures were his first works from this period.
1982 – 2007: Portrait Heads
Gerald Laing's portrait work includes heads and reliefs of Luciano Pavarotti, Andy Warhol, Paul Getty and Sam Wanamaker.
2002 – 2005: War Paintings
The Iraq war and the publication of images of torture at Abu Ghraib prison drew Gerald Laing back to painting for the first time in over three decades. The War Paintings series sees the starlets and all-American heroes of his early paintings take on new, more sinister roles.
2004 – 2011: New Paintings
Returning to the style and subject matter of his early pop art paintings, Gerald Laing's latest paintings feature media images of contemporary celebrities including Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss.
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Small Maquette for Livingston New Town Sculpture Competition, 1:200 Scale
Catalogue No. 324
Artist's CR 304
August, 1974
Kinkell
Copperclad wood
3 inches / 8 cm , height
Collection: Unknown
Maquette for an unrealised 50 ft copper-clad wood pyramid for Livingston, West Lothian.
The split pyramid is the most recent in a series of sculptures which I have developed over the last eight years. It is related to the concept of the landmark as central ceremonial paint, kins to the standing stones, pyramids, and stone alignments of pre-history. As such it seemed appropriate in the context of the requirements for the site at Livingston as outlined in the brief.
The sculpture, which is 15 metres high, would be constructed of timber beams and rafters with metal support brackets, sarked with blockboard and then clad in copper sheet. The intended structure would be similar to that of a roof. The smaller 1:200 scale model shows the sculpture as it would appear when newly built; the larger 3:100 scale model shows it after the process of patination is complete (3–4 years). Reference to copper-clad domes on earlier buildings will give an accurate idea of the final colouration of the piece. The foundations, to which each of the two units would be bolted, would be of concrete. The pool has a double purpose - it is a decorative reflecting pool and it would also serve as a moat to keep vandals at a distance from the sculpture and discourage theft of the copper cladding. Pathways shown on the model are arbitrary and would be open to alteration.
'Notes on Livingston New Town Sculpture', Gerald Laing, unpublished document, 1974