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Mo Farquharson’s work is characterised by its wit, its sharp observation
and its technical competence. There are two distinct bodies of work, which
reflect the two very different worlds she inhabits – a frenetic London
existence and the remote countryside of north-east Scotland. Her sculptures
are inspired by the urban world, in which she lives and show an incisive
understanding of everyday situations. She is particularly interested
in the dynamics of groups, a theme she has explored over the past decade. This
work is exemplified by her Bus Stop series and, also the sculptures
of London Bridge, which depict the migration of people to and from
work, but more importantly they deal with alienation and detachment found
in modern urban society. This theme is further developed in her crowd
studies at football matches, race meetings and other sporting events.
She was born in Scotland and travels there frequently, her Scottish background
informs the vocabulary of her much admired animal sculptures. Wildlife
has always been a great love and much of her early work is devoted to her
vivid animal depictions. Her animal sculpture has developed a narrative
style over time. Typical of this are a fantastic strutting sculpture
entitled Secretary Bird, and Talking Heads, showing life-sized
giraffe heads. The narrative trend is taken further, in works which
marry figures and animals. The Dog Walk series, for example
are pieces about city park life, in which the relationship between a dog
and its owner is acutely observed.
Farquharson’s sculpture is mainly bronze using the lost wax process
of bronze casting. Sometimes she uses additional colour.
Studied Edward Gage, Sighthill, Edinburgh
Ruskin
School of Drawing & Fine Art, Oxford
Massachusetts
College of Art, Boston, USA
Elected Member of the Royal Society of British
Sculptors 1995
She has exhibited widely in the United Kingdom. Commissions, both public
and private, have varied widely in both scale and complexity and include
two life-size coal miners which were presented to the town of Hamilton, Lanarkshire
in 1996; a 4ft figure of John Lennon for HMV, 1996; an altarpiece for a private
chapel and a site specific composition for a walled garden comprising three
life-sized spaniels.
2005 Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Newby Hall
Sculpture Park, Yorkshire
Art 2000,
Islington, London
Quenington
outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Glos.
20/21 Century
British Art, London
2004 Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Delamore
Arts Exhibition, Cornwall
Newby Hall
Sculpture Park, Yorkshire
20/21st
Century British Art, London
Glasgow
Art Fair, Glasgow
2003 Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Newby Hall
Sculpture Park, Yorkshire
Quennington
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Glos
Archeus
Fine Art, London
2002 The Gallery in Cork Street, london
Crane Kalman
Gallery, London
Art 2002,
Islington, London
Falle Fine
Art, St Helier, Jersey
Newby Hall
Sculpture Park, Yorkshire
The Gallery,
Cork Street, London
2001 Quenington Outdoor Sculptor Exhibition, Glos.
Falle Fine
Art, Jersey
Crane Kalman
Gallery, London
Art 2001
Islington, London
Newby Hall
Sculpture Exhibition, Yorkshire
20/21 Century
British Art, London
Summer
Exhibition, Royal Society of British Sculptors, London
2000 20/21st Century British Art,
(Royal
Collage of Art) London
Crane Kalman
Gallery, London
Art 2000,
Islington, London
Falle Fine
Art, Jersey
1999 Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Quenington Outdoor
Sculpture Exhibition, Glos.
Falle Fine Art, Jersey
Glasgow Art
Fair
Air Gallery,
London
20th Century
British Art Fair, London
1998 Crane Kalman Gallery, London
20th Century
British Art Fair, London
Dundas Street
Gallery, Edinburgh
The Fine Art
Society, London
1997 The Gallery, Cork Street, London
