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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Fish Waterspout

CR 475

1987 · New York City

Bronze · 5 x 16 x 10

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Fountain - Diana

CR 477

1987 · New York City

Bronze

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The Dream

CR 477a

1987 · New York

Bronze

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Fish with Aging Cherub (Waterspout)

CR 478

1987 · New York

Bronze · 12 x 16 x 10

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Relief Portrait of Anna Hughes

CR 481

1988 · New York

Bronze · Diameter 10

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Wall Fountain - Fish and Reeds

CR 482

1988 · New York

Bronze · 29 x 18 x 12

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Wall Fountain - Frogs and Fly

CR 483

1988 · New York City

Plaster

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Posthumous Portrait of Andy Warhol

CR 484

1988 · New York

Plaster · 26.5 x 13 x 11

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Relief Study for the Portrait of Andy Warhol

CR 484a

1988 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 11 x 16.5

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Portrait of Robert Welch

CR 485

1988 · New York

Plaster

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Tumbling Figure

CR 486

1988 · New York

Bronze · 33 x 38 x 26

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Relief Portrait of Ian Carr

CR 490

1989

Bronze · 16.5 x 16.75

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Relief Portrait of AAGV Ogilvie-Laing

CR 491

1989 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 14.75 x 17

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Portrait of Air Vice Marshall J.E. Johnson

CR 492

1989 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze · 10.5 x 10 x 10

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Sherlock Holmes - A Memorial to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

CR 493

1989 · Kinkell, Scotland

Bronze on sandstone plinth · Lifesize and a half

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Maquette for Conan Doyle Memorial, Picardy Place, Edinburgh

CR 493a

1989 · Kinkell, Scotland

Painted plaster · 28 x 12 x 10

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Portrait of Liliane Peck

CR 495

1989 · New York

Bronze

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