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Kate Robinson?British
I will have no more desires
1990
Edition 2/6
Bronze (on wooden
base)
30 x 23 x 25 cm
Guide Price £2,500

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Born in Warwickshire, Kate obtained a 1st class
BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art
in 1989 and completed her PhD at Glasgow
University in 2002. Her practice as a sculptor
has always involved working with the spoken and
written word. The context of her artwork
ranges from galleries to parks and public
squares. It often takes the form of modelling,
carving or casting, in a process of thinking,
feeling and instinct. Amongst her awards is a
2004 Guardian Modern Painters Prize for
Writing on Art. An Associate of the Royal British
Society of Sculptors, her work is represented in
collections across the UK and internationally.
Recent public art commissions include Woman
Man Sun Moon (2011) overlooking the M8
between Edinburgh and Glasgow and For Brass
I Will Bring Gold (2012) for the University of
Glasgow Memorial Chapel. Kate was recently
selected as Appointed Artist for a new Town
Hall development in Johnstone, West Scotland,
scheduled for completion in 2015. Kate’s
grandmother was a Jewish refugee from Vienna.

I’m so glad to be able to support the invaluable work of CARA by
donating to their 80th Anniversary Auction, especially now in the light
of the persecutions in Syria. I salute the benefactor who will, I hope,
on the 5th December 2013 purchase I Will Have No More Desires for a
generous sum. Transforming this sculpture into the gold of hard cash
for CARA, may help to enable human transformations. Now that will be
a result!

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