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The Whisper

The Whisper

Central Library,
Milton Keynes
Edition 3

The Whisper was commissioned by Sainsbury’s after seeing a maquette of two girls sitting on a railing. On completion the Whisper was shown at the Royal Academy where the Milton Keynes Development Corporation saw it and commissioned it in bronze for a site outside the Milton Keynes library.
Sue O’Brien
[A T.V film was made of the making, casting and siting of the sculpture]

The Whisper

The Whisper

Central Library,
Milton Keynes
Edition 3

They capture a moment, their story is a narrative that is inevitably and uniquely interpreted by every individual who engages with the work.
Sue O’Brien

The Whisper

The Whisper

Forest Gate,
London
Edition 3

The Whisper

The Whisper

Forest Gate,
London

Wind of Change

Wind of Change

Harbour Exchange,
London Docklands
Edition 3

Wind of Change

Wind of Change

Harbour Exchange,
London Docklands
Edition 3

A simple boating incident in Dockland, or a metaphorical statement commenting on the political and economic scene?
Graham Hughes – Arts Review

Wind of Change

Wind of Change

Harbour Exchange,
London Docklands
Edition 3

The oars describe a volume of space which extends the work way beyond the central focus of the figures. The boat has become a framework, just as a picture has its boundaries, so the rigid structure of the boat provides a formal contrast to the figures held by its compact shape.
Sue O’Brien

Wind of Change

Wind of Change

Harbour Exchange,
London Docklands
Edition 3

Boatman

Boatman

Bank Square,
Chepstow

The work creates a quiet, calm and intimate space within this new public square……by stylising and simplifying the human form, the work is figurative yet contemporary.
Mererid Roberts

Boatman

Boatman

Bank Square,
Chepstow

Wallace worked on large-scale public commissions, creating sculpture for outdoor sites, and pursuing his interest in figures animating a particular space. Although the work was public it had an intensely private face, for Wallace was intrigued above all by the position of the individual within society.
Andrew Lambirth

Boatman

Boatman

Bank Square,
Chepstow

The male figure sits looking in the direction of the river. The work is open to interpretation but does allude to Chepstow’s past and future aspirations.
Mererid Roberts

River God

River God

Newcastle Quays,
Newcastle
Edition 3

A male river-god and female siren by Andre Wallace are two recently completed works commissioned by Newcastle Development Corporation, sited on the opposite bank to the Baltic Mills.
David Lee - Arts Review

Siren

Siren

Newcastle Quays,
Newcastle
Edition 3

The human figure remains the focus of Wallace’s research, but overlaid with references to the wider realm of nature as well as to classical mythology.
Andrew Lambirth

River God

River God

Newcastle Quays,
Newcastle
Edition 3

Siren

Siren

Newcastle Quays,
Newcastle
Edition 3

Roller Skater

Roller Skater

Vauxhall Bridge Road, Westminster

Roller Skater

Roller Skater

Vauxhall Bridge Road, Westminster

Andre Wallace’s sculptures are based on the everyday occurrences that are part of our lives. His figures are in part an extension of our self-image and sense of our own existence.
Sue O’Brien

Roller Skater

Roller Skater

Vauxhall Bridge Road, Westminster

The form is human and the activity is familiar, but the images go far beyond the level of imitation into the complexities of harmony and balance of form and metaphoric meaning.
Sue O’Brien

Roller Skater

Roller Skater

Vauxhall Bridge Road, Westminster

Helmsman

Helmsman

Pimlico Gardens,
London Embankment
Edition 3

The work constitutes an exploration of form and meaning inextricably entwined.
Andrew Lambirth

Helmsman

Helmsman

Pimlico Gardens,
London Embankment
Edition 3

Wallace speculates on the individual conduct of life by way of sculptures and drawings which evoke the rights of passage.
Andrew Lambirth

Helmsman

Helmsman

Pimlico Gardens,
London Embankment
Edition 3

The personal odyssey of existence is alluded to in images of paired-down energy and simplicity.
Andrew Lambirth

Thinking man

Thinking man

Wolverhampton University,
Learning Centre

The brief was to create a two-part sculpture for either side of the front entrance to the Learning Centre (Wolverhampton University)

Thinking man

Thinking man

Wolverhampton University,
Learning Centre

The site for the sculptures is a prominent one, not only for the University but for the City. It was important to select two pieces of public art that reflected both the current use of the site and its history.
Vice Chancellor, Professor Caroline Gipps

Thinking man

Thinking man

Wolverhampton University,
Learning Centre

Thinking Man is an Archimedes like figure, deep in thought and contemplation. The symbols in front of him are clues to the past occupants of the site, its industrial heritage and discoveries of our time. The subtle engravings upon his head reveal the functions and activity of the brain.

Head

Head

Wolverhampton University,
Learning Centre

The chosen sculptures create a striking entrance and also offer an interesting talking point.
Vice Chancellor, Professor Caroline Gipps

Head

Head

Wolverhampton University,
Learning Centre

Head resembles a machine in two parts but which fit perfectly together to make a whole. The brain appears as a well – maintained mechanical part and makes reference to an internal involute gear and spur gear, both developed for the car industry.

Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford

Telford Civic Square,
Telford

Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford

Telford Civic Square,
Telford

'It would have been very easy for the sculptor Andre Wallace to have produced a remote figure posed above the passing crowds. In fact he has come up with something so remarkable that Telford the inventor would have been delighted

Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford

Telford Civic Square,
Telford, Detail

One certainty is that this sculpture will be appreciated when many others
have simply faded into their surroundings
Lord Northfield of Telford

Wind of Change

Wind of Change

Exchange Quays, Salford, Manchester.
Bronze edition 3
Bronze resin edition 3

The Boating series could just be about people in boats, but the work has classical references, to the Boatman taking people along the river of life or the Ferryman who transports from this world to the next.
Sue O’Brien

Wind of Change

Wind of Change

Exchange Quays, Salford, Manchester.
Bronze edition 3
Bronze resin edition 3

Wallace is clearly aiming for a massive - yet at the same time modest - simplicity, an archaic quality associated with the sculptures associated with ancient Greece.
Andrew Lambirth

Wind of Change

Wind of Change

Exchange Quays, Salford, Manchester.
Bronze edition 3
Bronze resin edition 3

Wallace needed a metaphor for the individual’s journey through life, which characteristically, he wanted to render both general and specific.
Andrew Lambirth

Girl with Hoop

Girl with Hoop

Normansfield Hospital Development,
Richmond,
London
Bronze edition 3
Bronze resin edition 6

The 3 dimensional, multi-faceted viewpoints invite the onlooker to move around the work to see every aspect and silhouette and every modulation from highlights to the deepest shadows. There is no prescriptive meaning.
Sue O’Brien

Girl with Hoop

Girl with Hoop

Normansfield Hospital Development,
Richmond,
London
Bronze edition 3
Bronze resin edition 6

The 3 dimensional, multi-faceted viewpoints invite the onlooker to move around the work to see every aspect and silhouette and every modulation from highlights to the deepest shadows. There is no prescriptive meaning.
Sue O’Brien

Girl with Hoop

Girl with Hoop

Normansfield Hospital Development,
Richmond, London
Bronze edition 3
Bronze resin edition 6

Floating

Floating

P&O Liner Oriana

Floating

Floating

studio

Boatman

Boatman

One Aldwych
Bronze resin edition 3

Its elegant, airy and spacious with cool, limestone flooring, fluted pillars, lofty ceilings and a giant sculpture of an oarsman.
London Evening Standard

Girls Head

Girls Head

One Aldwych,
London
Bronze edition 6

Walking Woman

Walking Woman

Wimbledon,
London

Wallace’s work holds something in common with the work of Aristide Maillol and Frank Dobson. Undoubtedly, Wallace’s large-scale work has a heroism and monumentality, a relaxed classicism that both these sculptors evinced. There is evident in the work of all three a similar poise, confidence, and above all, formal clarity.
Andrew Lambirth

Walking Woman

Walking Woman

Wimbledon,
London

Walking Woman

Walking Woman

Plaster original in studio

Walking Woman

Walking Woman

Wimbldon,
London

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