Andrew Folan uncovers specific traces of sculptural strength in a new series of prints from Gerard Cox at the Graphic Studio Gallery this November
I was fortunate to visit Gerard Cox in 1994 while he was working on Craobh one of the largest woodcarvings ever made in this country and now sited in the National Botanic Gardens. A gigantic oak, felled in a storm, provided the five-ton trunk, which he was gradually transforming into a sculpture. Perched on top of the trunk with chisel and mallet, the artist was selectively revealing the contorted chronology of growth from within this vault of organic history
