Katherine Gili : Sparks Fly Sculpture 1974-2018

14 Jan-1 Mar 2019

Overview

Well-regarded for her sculptures in mild steel, this exhibition traces Katherine Gili’s creativity and skill in using this heavy industrial material over five decades. She was one of the many sculptors who benefitted from the example of Sir Anthony Caro at Saint Martin’s School of Art, where he taught from 1953 to 1981. However, Gili developed a highly individual way of working iron and steel, moving on from making welded compositions in steel sheet to creating forged elements brought together through welding. This soon marked her out from her contemporaries at the Stockwell Depot, an artists’ collective and exhibiting space where she was the only female sculptor.