 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (November 2023) |
Blake Ward | |
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| Born | June 3, 1956 |
| Other names | Blake William Ward |
| Education | University of Alberta |
| Occupation(s) | Sculptor, artist |
| Spouse | Boky Hackel-Ward |
Blake Ward (born June 3, 1956) is a Canadian-born sculptor best known for his contemporary approach to the classical figure. Contrary to the trend toward abstraction that was taught during his formal education in Canada, Ward's early work centred on the figure. Evolving through the 1990s and early 2000s into contemporary partial figures created as excerpts of the human condition. In the words of Art Critic Jacqueline Ceresoli[1][2] "Bodies in metamorphosis, balanced between apocalypse and the Postmodern, steeped in a lost Classical age, echoed through an ever-evolving Renaissance, in vibrant tension or torsion as they head toward some future utopia." Ward has been exhibited in France, Monaco, Italy, Germany, England, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, the United States and Canada.[3][4]
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- ^ "Post Mythology in Blake Ward's sculptures – ARTORONTO".
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- ^ "Blake Ward: 'Just Beneath the Surface'". 8 October 2014.