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2015
Archival material, acrylic paint, fired clay
The private archive of Clive Entwistle (1916-1976) whose project was once described by Le Corbusier as ‘casting a great light as from an unlimited flash of lightening’, contains rich and varied material of un-built works. Entwistle was repeatedly on the cusp of consummating his architectural visions. He designed but did not win The Crystal Palace competition in the late 30’s and later in 1960 The Liverpool Cathedral competition, awarded to Sir Frederick Gibberd. Later in New York he developed the principal scheme for Madison Square Garden but did not see out the project. In this series of mixed media collage Sarah Entwistle appropriates elements of her grandfather’s legacy, the intricate but decayed architectural models, drawings and photographic portraits and returns them to a raw material, allowing an intimate re-imagining of her grandfathers material. Rubbed and creased letra-sets frame and merge with portraits of his many muses. Colour slides of bucolic landscapes project onto a large rendering for The Liverpool Cathedral competition. A dense mass of rolled drawings are suspended in slings across a wall. This exhibition does not attempt to reconstruct this individual’s practice and presence through a historical methodology. Instead Sarah Entwistle explores formal and textural interplays to explore a legacy of perceived failure and erasure.
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