Marie Ackers

Marie Ackers

Upper Basildon/Reading, berkshire, United Kingdom

About Marie Ackers

When I started sculpting,my work was initially inspired and influenced by the work of the 19th century "French Animaliers", such as Pierre Jules Mene and Antoine Louis Barye ( work 2005-2007 and 2008-2009). My work was capturing the beauty and power of the animal and capturing the essence of the subject - I sculpt mainly horses, dogs and a bit of wildlife. I have studied anatomy and movement to understand the subject but I now feel that sculpting so close to reality is actually stoping me capturing the pure essence an dthe true force of the movement. In some of my latest work in that period of time , I already started to remove some of the details or part of the body of the horse but I feel I need to strip down to pure lines, remove any details and simplify forms, movement , understand rythme. "The simplicity is the complexity solved."- Brancusi With my latest research (pictures above), my inspiration have also moved and I am finding new inspiration in artists such as Francois Pompon, Calder, Marini, Lynn Chadwick but also Henry Moore, Dick Marcusen and Picasso. On of the artist who is probably inspiring the most is Pompon. Pompon 's preoccupation in his art is to express the movement with the strenght of the lines that defines the animal. Volumes are defined in space by the purity of the lines. The more a sculpture is removed from details that tied it to the realism, morethe form capture the essence of the subject but this requires perfect anatomy knowledge. "for me a work must first have a vitality of its own, i do not mean a reflection of the vitality of life, of movement, and so on but that a work can have in it an intense life of its own, independant of the object it represent." Heny Moore Check out my first newsletter here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B6I1UJV2 www.ackers.biz marieackers.blogspot.com

Education:

Selected exhibitions2009Society of Women artists, Mall Galleries, LondonFestival of sculpture - ArtParks International, Guernsey Wellington premier league dressage - June 8th-11thRacehorse Owner Association AGM - Carlton Tower, London 25th June2008Society of Women artists, Mall Galleries, LondonCelebrity Polo Day, MDIRF charity event, Cowndray Polo ClubHartpury college - Festival of dressageBurghley Horse Trial - Lifestyle pavillionBiennale de sculpture animaliere de Rambouillet, France, Sept Salon National des Artistes Animaliers, Bry sur Marne, France, Nov2007Polo Cartier InternationalBurghley Horse Trial2006Society of Women artists, Mall Galleries, LondonSociety of Equestrian Artists, Mall Galleries, London,

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Affordable art fair
Fresh air
Delamore art
Society of equestrian artist
Society of Woman artists