Professor Mary Beard in conversation with Stephen Cox RA
Join Professor Mary Beard and sculptor Stephen Cox RA for a discussion about art in antiquity.
Join Professor Mary Beard and sculptor Stephen Cox RA for a discussion about art in antiquity.
Those attending are encouraged to visit the Encounters in Stone exhibition in the College grounds beforehand. An exhibition catalogue can be purchased from the Porters’ Lodge. Part of the exhibition currently on display in the Graham Storey Room will also be available between 2pm and 6.30pm on the day of the talk. Please register via the online booking form.
Programme
The lecture will begin at 5.45pm and will be followed by a drinks reception which all attendees are welcome to join.
We would advise arriving early to take your seat – you may take your seat in the Lecture Theatre from 5.30pm.
Abstract
Sculptures on display at Trinity Hall will be the starting point for a conversation about art in antiquity between their creator, Stephen Cox RA, and classicist Professor Mary Beard.
Famous for her ground-breaking television series about the classical world Professor Beard’s knowledge of ancient artworks is second to none.
Mr Cox’s work is inspired by the ancient world and the stones he uses are often directly sourced from quarries used by the civilisations of antiquity. The discussion will include the artist’s experience in quarrying Imperial Porphyry from its source in the Eastern Mountains of Egypt along with Hammamat Breccia and Chephren Diorite.
Professor Beard and Mr Cox will also discuss Aswan Granite and how it was used in the production of one of the artist’s sculptures dedicated to the Egyptian Pharaoh Khafre that was exhibited 2 years ago on the Pyramids Plateau adjacent to his Pyramid.
Stephen Cox at Masterpiece, 2019
These four works made from Imperial Porphyry are on show on Adrian Sassoon’s stand B26 at Masterpiece between the 20th of June and the 3rd of July 2019 in Chelsea.
Stephen Cox's work on show at TEFAF 2019
A strong group of Stephen Cox’s porphyry and alabaster sculptures are on display at TEFAF Maastricht 2019 from 16th-24th March. The TEFAF fair boasts a 7,000 year span of art and Stephen’s sculptures suit this diverse context as the material is ancient, but the forms are thoroughly contemporary.
