Charles Hadcock
{{Short description|British sculptor (born 1965)}}
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Charles William George Hadcock is a British sculptor[1] (born 1965 in Derby, England) known for his monumental sculptures that incorporate elements of geology, engineering, and mathematics. Hadcock's work also draws inspiration from music, philosophy, and poetry. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Charles Hadcock's sculptures can be found in a variety of public and private collections around the world. His works are often large in scale and are made from a variety of materials, including steel, stone, and bronze. Two sculptures, "Helisphere"[2] and "Torsion II",[3] are exhibited in Canary Wharf Art Trail, London.
Education
Charles Hadcock studied at Ampleforth College 1979–1983, Derby College of Art & Technology 1983–1984, Cheltenham College of Art 1984–1987, Royal College of Art 1987–1989.{{cite magazine |author= |date=1 June 1989|title=William Feaver encounters grandiose statements among the students at the RCA |magazine=Vogue}}{{cite news|title=Contemporary Art Market|last=Lucie Smith|first=Edward|date=12 June 1989|work=The Independent}}{{cite news|title=Royal College of Art Degree Show|last=Packer|first=William|date=13 June 1989|work=Financial Times}}
Career
Charles Hadcock's work incorporates aspects of the natural world, geology and engineering, either overtly or covertly. Finding that the mathematical formulas for shapes observed within the natural world are often the source for solving engineering design problems, Hadcock has incorporated these ideas both at first and at second hand into components for his sculptures. His direct observation of rocks becomes a source for the surface of his sculptures while mathematics inform how a sculpture may be achieved with multiple castings of a single form. Hadcock's works are imbued with a visual vitality so that the sculptures remain free, dynamic, unrestrained, and immediate.{{cite web|url=https://rbs.org.uk/artists/charles-hadcock|title=Charles Hadcock » Artists » Royal British Society of Sculptors|website=rbs.org.uk|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215024110/https://rbs.org.uk/artists/charles-hadcock|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=dead}}File:Brighton Hadcock Geograph-1018165-by-OLU.jpg
Hadcock prefers to work on his sculpture rather than rely on production facilities so that the eye and hand of the artist are apparent in every work. He believes that his knowledge, skill, and techniques are constantly evolving, informing each piece he makes.
Investigating Multiples, a 1996 solo exhibition in London at Reed's Wharf Gallery{{Cite book|title=Investigating Multiples|last=Elliot|first=Ann|year=1996|publisher=Reed's Wharf Gallery |isbn=1899268065}}{{Cite journal|last=Lambirth|first=Andrew|date=22 May 1996|title=Pick of the Week|journal=What's on in London}} followed the siting of Caesura IV{{Cite news|title=Home News|last=Bamber|first=Roger|date=19 December 1995|work=The Guardian}}{{Cite book|title=Sculpture at Goodwood|year=1996|publisher=British Contemporary Sculpture|isbn=0952523310|pages=96, 97}} at Sculpture at Goodwood. His first monumental public commission in 1997, Passacaglia,{{Cite news|title=Sculptor Shapes up on the Beach|last=Windsor|first=John|date=20 March 1998|work=The Independent}}{{Cite journal|year=1998|title=Sculpture 98, Passacaglia – Brighton Beach|journal=Royal Society of British Sculptors}}{{Cite news|title=Welds Apart|last=Weld|first=Fay|date=3 September 1999|work=Design Week}} came after a national competition for a permanent work to be installed on Brighton Beach. Controversial initially, Passacaglia is now an iconic feature of the Brighton beachfront.
A 1999 exhibition of Hadcock's drawings and maquettes If in doubt, ask at London's Imperial College{{Cite news|title=The Sounds of Silence in a new Blairopolis|last=Farmelo|first=Graham|date=14 February 1999|work=The Independent on Sunday}}{{Cite news|title=Andrew Lambirth Reviews Graham Sutherland and Charles Hadcock|last=Lambirth|first=Andrew|date=1 July 1999|work=London Magazine}}{{Cite news|title=John Windsors Guide to Collecting Contemporary Art: This Week Charles Hadcock|last=Windsor|first=John|date=26 January 1999|work=The Independent}} was part of a drive by the university to encourage engineering students to learn about the arts. There is 1 in all of us{{Cite news|title=Learning Curve is an Inspiration for Sculpture|last=Hall|first=Sally|date=3 November 2000|work=The Argus}}{{Cite news|title=Designs that show their True Metal|last=Merrick|first=Jay|date=29 May 2001|work=The Independent}}{{Cite news|title=Art is the Business|last=Sweet|first=Fay|date=3 February 2003|work=London Evening Standard}}{{Cite news|title=Pick of the Year|last=Elliot|first=Ann|date=1 December 2000|work=Galleries Magazine}} was a collaboration with soundscape engineers at the Gardner Arts Centre, University of Sussex, whilst the Peter Scott Gallery at Lancaster University had to find additional exhibition space outside the gallery in 2006.{{Cite news|title=Art: Private view|last=Chapman|first=Peter|date=12 May 2006|work=The Independent}}
Hadcock was included in the 1999 exhibition of British sculptors Shape of the Century at Salisbury Cathedral and Canary Wharf,{{Cite book|title=The Shape of the Century – 100 years of Sculpture in Britain|publisher=Canary Wharf Group}} which was followed by inclusion in Bronze: Contemporary British Sculpture,{{Cite book|title=Bronze: Contemporary British Sculpture|publisher=Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|year=2000}} a group show to celebrate the millennium and the tradition of siting bronze sculptures in London parks. Hadcock's monumental bronze, Caesura VI, was installed and remains in situ in Holland Park, London.
At this time Hadcock moved his studio from London to Lancashire, as he required additional space and facilities to enable the production of the monumental works being frequently commissioned for locations around the country.
Hadcock has on occasion produced commissions, such as a monument to commemorate film director, James Whale, erected in 2001 on the grounds of a multiplex cinema in Whale's hometown of Dudley, and the installation of a sculptural gate and railings around a development in Central London.
Hadcock's exhibition program continued with a solo show at Canary Wharf in 2003, followed by a second larger solo show in 2011.{{Cite news|title=Art: Charles Hadcock, New and Revisited Sculptures|date=1 March 2011|work=Canary Wharf Magazine}}{{Cite news|title=Visual Arts, Last Chance to see|date=1 May 2011|work=Canary Wharf Magazine}}{{Cite news|title=Books and Art|last=Lambirth|first=Andrew|date=1 April 2011|work=The Spectator}} He showed in Sotheby's Beyond Limits exhibition at Chatsworth House in 2011{{Cite news|title=Ancient and Modern|date=11 September 2011|work=The Daily Telegraph}} and 2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-37295036|title=Chatsworth House: Hadid sculpture part of annual exhibition|date=10 September 2016|publisher=BBC}} and in independent solo exhibitions in London{{Cite web|url=http://howtospendit.ft.com/art/61831-encounter-contemporary-avant-garde-e-gallery|title=Encounter Contemporary: avant-garde e-gallery|last=Winter|first=Lydia|date=21 August 2014|website=How To Spend It (Financial Times)}} at 60 Threadneedle Street in 2015,{{Cite news|url=http://wsimag.com/art/8220-charles-hadcock-elements|title=Charles Hadcock. Elements|date=27 March 2014|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=1 October 2016}}{{Cite news|title=Exhibitions: Mixed Blessings|last=Lambirth|first=Andrew|date=5 July 2014|work=The Spectator}} in the award-winning Eric Parry Architects designed foyer, and in a pop-up gallery near Green Park with the solo exhibition, Fusion, in 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/fusion-exhibition-of-sculpture-artist-charles-hadcock | title= 'Fusion' Exhibition of Sculpture Artist Charles Hadcock | work=Ikon London Magazine | date=30 October 2016 | access-date=23 February 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://howtospendit.ft.com/art/116131-charles-hadcock-breaks-with-form-at-encounter-contemporary|title=Charles Hadcock breaks with form at Encounter Contemporary|last=Milner|first=Catherine|date=17 October 2016|work=Financial Times: How to Spend It|access-date=17 October 2016}}
Business
Charles Hadcock is a director of Roach Bridge Tissues, a Lancashire-based manufacturing company specializing in bespoke printing and conversion of tissue wrapping paper.{{cite web|url=http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/out-about/charles-hadcock-the-internationally-renowned-sculptor-from-samlesbury-1-4252025|title=Charles Hadcock - the internationally-renowned sculptor from Samlesbury|date=October 2015}}
Between 2008 and 2012, he managed the development and installation of a hydro-electric power generating station at Roach Bridge Mill, Lancashire, where he is also the development director for an ongoing project to create a new business village on the historic mill site.
Hadcock is Chairman of Creative Lancashire,{{Cite web|url=http://www.creativelancashire.org/html/CharlesHadcock_1592.html|title=Charles Hadcock FRBS|website=Creative Lancashire}} a public and private sector initiative to encourage and support all the creative industries in Lancashire.
Past projects include the development and management of The Watermark Studios,{{Cite news|title=Business Insight|date=9 August 2007|work=Design Week}} a mix of office and studio space in Preston (2001–2009).
Awards
Charles Hadcock received The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion on April 21, 2007.{{Cite news|title=Emphasis on Helping Others Get It Right|last=Arnold|first=Harriet|date=21 April 2007|work=Financial Times}}
Hadcock was commissioned a Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire in 2014.{{Cite news |date=21 April 2007 |title=Official Public Record |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/58307/supplement/4/data.pdf |work=The London Gazette}}
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External links
- [http://www.charleshadcock.co.uk Official Charles Hadcock website]
- [http://www.creativelancashire.org/ Website of Creative Lancashire]
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Category:Deputy lieutenants of Lancashire
Category:Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion (2007)
Category:People educated at Ampleforth College
Category:Alumni of the University of Gloucestershire
Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Art