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.

View all Early Pop Paintings


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.

View all Utopian Abstract Sculpture


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.

View all Sculpture In The Landscape


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.

View all Public Sculpture


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.

View all Galina Series


1982 – 2007: Portrait Heads

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

View all Portrait Heads


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.

View all War Paintings


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.

View all New Paintings


Search the Catalogue



+

Galina IX (Sears Hat)

CR 365

1976 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Bronze · 19.5 x 9.5 x 11.5

More about this work >
+

FPOL with forelock

CR 365a

1977 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Plaster

More about this work >
noimage

Portrait of Malcolm Morley II (lithograph and engraved glass)

CR 366

1977 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Lithograph and engraved glass

More about this work >
+

Ceramic Head

CR 367

1977 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Ceramic · 11 x 15.5 x 16

More about this work >
+

Galina X

CR 368

1977 · Albuquerque

Bronze

More about this work >
+

Space Wanderer

CR 369

1977 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Bronze · 14 x 12 x 17.75

More about this work >
+

Conception

CR 370

1977 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 32 x 19 x 26

More about this work >
+

Ecce Domina

CR 371

1977 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 35.5 x 22 x 15

More about this work >
+

Portrait of Alexander’s Teddy

CR 372

1977 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 17 x 12 x 7

More about this work >
+

Torso (II)

CR 373

1978 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 9 x 5 x 3.5

More about this work >
+

Turning Torso

CR 374

1978 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 7.75 x 4.5 x 3.5

More about this work >
+

An American Girl

CR 375

1977 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 25.5 x 26 x 31

More about this work >
+

The Human Condition

CR 376

1978 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 37.5 x 21 x 15

More about this work >
+

Hijacker

CR 377

1978 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 13 x 6.5 x 9

More about this work >
noimage

Two Boys

CR 378

1978 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze

More about this work >
+

Dreaming

CR 379

1978 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 12 x 12 x 8

More about this work >
+

Midwinter

CR 380

1978 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 42 x 32 x 10.5

More about this work >