Summer Show 2023

The Summer Show 2023 was held at Dora House from 17 July to 30 September and it was a fabulous showcase of more than 50 members' and fellows' work.

This year's theme The Shape of Life had been selected by guest curator Edward Bulmer. A leading interior designer, architectural historian and colour expert, Edward is also the founder of eco-favourite, Edward Bulmer Natural Paints.

Watch Edward speak about the Summer Show 2023 and his approach to curating sculpture at Dora House. Click here for the press release.

Extract from the exhibition essay The Shape of Life, In the words of Edward Bulmer:

'One thing unites every living being. Life.

For all beings this life has a beginning and it has an end, but that is all we have in common, the form and shape of what fills that life is infinitely various.

Artists constantly mine this rich seam, but every one of us considers its physical, spiritual or philosophical dimensions from time to time. It often seems to me though that artists, better than many, help us see or know what it is we are thinking.

What is life, why is life as it is? Is it long enough, short enough, full enough, rewarding enough – is it fair?

Answers to these questions can be found in this impressive body of work – the response to the theme I set for this year’s Summer Show, hosted at the Royal Society of Sculptors’ iconic and newly restored headquarters, Dora House. [...]'

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