William Tucker Bronze, 2012 Patina: Liver of sulfur, Cupric nitrate
About the Artist
William Tucker Sculptor (b.1935)
"I was contemplating my hand and picked up this piece of clay. It felt so right to me."
William G. Tucker RA is a British sculptor and modern art scholar. Raised in England, he studied at the University of Oxford (1958) and Saint Martin's School of Art. Tucker taught at Columbia University and received prestigious fellowships, including the Guggenheim Fellowship.
He became a US citizen in 1985 and taught at Bard College. Tucker received the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 and was elected an honorary National Academician in 2011.
Tucker has mastered the materials he uses. His sculptures exhibit a sense of ethereal monumentality, inviting viewers to contemplate their relationship between mass and space.