Andrew Logan (b. 11 Oct 1945)
is an English
sculptor,
performance artist,
jewellery-maker, and portraitist.
Biography
Andrew Logan was born at
Witney,
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...
, in England. He was educated as an architect at the Oxford School of Architecture, graduating in 1970. He founded the ''
Alternative Miss World The Alternative Miss World is an art and fashion event presented in the form of a beauty pageant. It was founded by Andrew Logan in 1972, and has been held irregularly since, with the 14th competition held in 2018. Alternative Miss World has been ...
'' in 1972, which he continued to run as of 2018. He influenced film-maker
Derek Jarman, whose early film-making work documented the social scene around Logan and his studios at
Butler's Wharf
Butler's Wharf is an England, English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants. Lying between Shad Thames and the Thames Path, it overlo ...
, London.
Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 – 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, singer, songwriter, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, notable for combining these activities in an inventive and provoc ...
and
Vivienne Westwood staged the "Valentine's Ball", at which the
Sex Pistols
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first came to media attention, at his studios in 1976.
In 1991 a major retrospective of his work was held at the
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Modern Art Oxford is an art gallery established in 1965 in Oxford, England. From 1965 to 2002, it was called The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.
The gallery presents exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. It has a national and internationa ...
. The Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture, at
Berriew in the
Welsh Marches
The Welsh Marches ( cy, Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom. The precise meaning of the term has varied at different periods.
The English term Welsh March (in Medieval Latin ...
, opened in 1991 and houses much of his sculpture and painting in converted squash courts.
Since the early Nineties, Logan has continued to exhibit his sculptures and jewellery at
Saint Petersburg in Russia, Lithuania, India,
Beverly Hills in Los Angeles and Mexico. His work has been shown in and commissioned by international galleries, including the
American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, the Flower East Gallery in London, the
Victoria & Albert Museum, the
Hayward Gallery,
Bonhams, the
National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to:
*National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra
*National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred
*National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C.
*National Portrait Gallery, London, with s ...
,
Sotheby's in London, the
Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...
, the
National Trust’s Buckland Abbey and
Somerset House
Somerset House is a large Neoclassical complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. The Georgian era quadrangle was built on the site of a Tudor palace ("O ...
.
In London, he has exhibited in venues including
Trafalgar Square, the foyer of
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Sadler's Wells Theatre is a performing arts venue in Clerkenwell, London, England located on Rosebery Avenue next to New River Head. The present-day theatre is the sixth on the site since 1683. It consists of two performance spaces: a 1,500-seat ...
, and West End cinemas. His lifesize horse sculptures, Pegasus 1 and 11 were displayed at
Heathrow Airport
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, and his 'Icarus' sculpture hangs in
Guy's Hospital. The P & O Superliner ''
Arcadia
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Places Australia
* Arcadia, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
* Arcadia, Queensland
* Arcadia, Victoria
Greece
* Arcadia (region), a region in the central Peloponnese
* Arcadia (regional unit), a modern administrative un ...
'' commissioned him to sculpt his Cosmic Eggs (8 ft. tall), and his Mermaid Chandelier was exhibited at the
American Visionary Art Museum in
Baltimore
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, USA.
In the new millennium, Logan created jewelled sculptures for ''
The Magic Flute'' opera in
San Diego. In 2004, Logan's eleventh ''Alternative Miss World'' contest was held at the
Hippodrome in London.
In May 2007 Logan was invited to be part of the jury for a children's beauty contest in
Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
. In July, his jewellery was auctioned at Halls Fine Art in
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
. He was asked to decorate a guitar for a high-profile charity auction held in London. In August, he was invited to participate in three events in ''The Big Draw'': he collaborated with
Zandra Rhodes on ''The Big Picture Frame'' at the
V&A Museum of Childhood in
Bethnal Green, he gave a presentation of his watercolours in The Newsroom at ''
The Guardian'' and in
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist si ...
.
In 2017 an exhibition of many pieces of sculpture by Logan titled ''The Art of Reflection'' was held at the National Trust's
Buckland Abbey in Devon with works from 1976 to 2017.
References
External links
andrewlogan.com - official siteAlternative Miss World - official siteWorks in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery
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1945 births
Living people
20th-century British sculptors
21st-century British sculptors
21st-century male artists
Gay artists
People from Witney
English LGBT people
English performance artists
21st-century LGBT people