Sculpture
Coleman's plaster bas relief sculpture, 'Eve & Eve 2009', was recently commissioned by the Groucho Club in London.
Classical meets contemporary with the recent work of Jonathon Coleman. The subject is figurative with a strong 1940s influence and reminds the viewer of the Lalique glass work and these stylised lines to define the form. He works with clay, plaster and jesmonite to create figurative friezes for use with architectural spaces. These friezes combine the narrative classical elements of the Parthenon in their storytelling with a contemporary use of loose lines and fluid shapes reminiscent of Matisse and Modigliani.
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“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to an human soul.”
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