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.

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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.

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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.

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1982 – 2007: Portrait Heads

Gerald Laing's portrait work includes heads and reliefs of Luciano Pavarotti, Andy Warhol, Paul Getty and Sam Wanamaker.

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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.

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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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Big Trace

CR 255

1969 · Scotland

Steel · 168 x 24 x 36

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Torgorm

CR 256

1969 · Scotland

Steel · 2 units, 15 inches apart, each 120 x 34 x 4

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Milbuie

CR 257

1969 · Kinkell, Scotland

Painted Steel · 6 units, each 144 x 33 x 36

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Scatwell

CR 258

1970 · Scotland

Painted steel · 288 x 66 x 24

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Double Freestanding Pin

CR 259

1970 · Kinkell, Scotland

Painted Steel · 108 x 36 x 18

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Matinee

CR 260

1970 · Scotland

Chrome on brass and painted aluminium, wooden frame · 21 x 14

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Flat Standard

CR 261

1970 · Scotland

Chrome on brass and paint on aluminium, wooden frame · 22 x 25

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Raasay Minor

CR 262

1970 · Scotland

Chrome on brass and paint on aluminium, wooden frame · 28 x 22

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Trace Transposed to a Natural Environment

CR 263

1970 · Scotland

Chrome on brass and paint on aluminium, wooden frame · 21 x 14

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Deceleration V

CR 264

1970 · Scotland

Oil on canvas

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Acceleration

CR 266

1970 · Kinkell, Scotland

Oil on canvas · 50 x 66

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Follow Me II

CR 267

1970 · Kinkell, Scotland

Paint on Steel · 114 x 54 x 16

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Deceleration VI

CR 268

1970 · Kinkell, Scotland

Oil on canvas · 50 x 66

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Bilith I

CR 269

1970 · Kinkell, Scotland

Steel, stone base · 11 x 6 x 25.75

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Bilith II

CR 270

1971 · Kinkell, Scotland

Steel, stone base · 19 x 10 x 52

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Bilith III

CR 271

1971 · Kinkell, Scotland

Paint on steel · 102.5 x 50 x 33

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(Small) Pyramid I

CR 272

1971 · Kinkell, Scotland

COR-TEN steel, marble base · 26 x 13.5 x 29

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Follow Me III

CR 273

1971 · Kinkell, Scotland

Paint on aluminium, marble base

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Flat Pyramid

CR 274

1971 · Kinkell, Scotland

Polished steel, Caithness stone base · 65.5 x 54 x 211

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A Friend of My Mother’s

CR 275

1971 · Kinkell, Scotland

Oil on canvas · 50 x 66

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Small Deceleration

CR 276

1971 · Kinkell, Scotland

Oil on canvas

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Follow Me I

CR 277

1970 · Kinkell, Scotland

Formica front, Plexiglas, lacquered aluminium and chrome on brass

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Triple

CR 278

1970 · Kinkell, Scotland

Formica, lacquer on aluminium, chrome on brass, and Plexiglas

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Division

CR 280

1971 · Kinkell, Scotland

Paint on steel · 720 x 100 x 48

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