Laura Gascoigne

How has this complete original been sidelined?

The joy of Nicholas Pope's work lies in its free-flowing invention; official recognition could block the outlet

Nicholas Pope’s terracotta ‘John the Baptist Pointing the Way and Lit by His Own Light’ (1993-96), left, and right, his lumpen fired stoneware ‘Medium Weird’ (2020), a rabbit-eared, pot-bellied product of lockdown 
issue 22 May 2021
  • Comments

  • Nicholas Pope: Portraits of a Marriage

    Holburne Museum, Bath, until 30 August

  • Nicholas Pope: Heavenly Space

    New Art Centre, Wiltshire, until 30 August

  • Nicholas Pope: Take Off

    The Sunday Painter, until 12 June

GIF Image

Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it

TRY 3 MONTHS FOR $5
Our magazine articles are for subscribers only. Start your 3-month trial today for just $5 and subscribe to more than one view

Read next

Trending

Henry Williams

Where have all the rabbits gone?

From the magazine
It’s spring and in this corner of rural Sussex, the bluetits are at the window, newborn lambs are bleating in their pens, and all the rabbits are dead. The burrows are still there, but the chewed grass, the little collections of brown pellets, the white bobtails scattering before your headlights at night, they are gone.

More on contemporary art

Also by Laura Gascoigne

Latest

Comments

Join the debate for just £1 a month

Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for £3.

Already a subscriber? Log in