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Copper sculpture of a seated Buddha - floating at Buddha-Bar London

‘TRANSPOSE’ 2012

‘TRANSPOSE’ 2012
Commission for BUDDHA-BAR, near Hydepark No.1, London
Seated buddha sculpture, bronze-mesh
Dimensions 175 cm x 110 cm x 100 cm
Made from a single sheet of bronze mesh and transformed into an expressive, dynamic balance of power an dignity.

TRANSPOSE’ 2012 is a buddha image made from a single sheet of bronze mesh and transformed into an expressive, dynamic balance of power an dignity, an intriguing harmony of naked skin and drape. David Begbie has stressed an emphasis on the ears of the Buddha as a special reference to ‘listening’ and the way that music can ‘fill your head’. There is also a special emphasis on the transcendental nature of the Buddha: a floating transparent sculpture with a powerful dynamic fusion of the sculpture and its two shadows projected onto the frosted screen - seen first when entering the basement!
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A few ‘Begbie’ owners you might know
Giorgio Armani
Michael Barrymore
Eric Clapton
Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear / BBC)
Harvey Goldsmith (promoter)
George Leventis
Emily Maitlis (BBC News Night)
Debbie Moore (Pineapple Dance studios)
Vidal Sassoon (Haircare Ltd.)
Martina Navratilova
Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
Sir Clive Sinclair (C5 car)
Frankie Vaughan (late)

Public examples
St. Mary, Wherwell Chilbolton
Millennium Dome, London
Manangel, Birmingham
The Jam House, Edinburgh
Shrine of Walsingham, Norfolk
Wimbledon Centre Court Building
‘Figure & Fountain‘ Southwark, London

Corporate and Private Acquisition Examples
8 Northumberland, London
British Consulate-General Shanghai
British Embassy Khartoum, Sudan
Buddha-Bar London
Cannons City Gym
Christian Dior, Paris
Eric and Jean Cass Collection
Coloplast Ltd., London
Conning Asset Management, London
Christian Dior Couture, Paris
Hanover Grange Jamaica
Heron Corporation
Hyatt Hotel Group
Johnson & Johnson
Jumeirah Hotel Group
Le Royal Meridien Hotel Group
Mein Schiff Cruise Lines
Mews of Mayfair, London
Radisson Edwardian Hotel Group
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
SAS Radisson Hotel Group

Museums
Natural History Museum, London
International Slavery Museum, Liverpool
Galleria Nazionali de Arte Moderna, Rome
Museum Beelden an Zee, The Netherlands
Court of Justice, Almelo, The Netherlands
National Gallery Canberra, Australia
Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, USA
My sculptures have no palpable substance or surface. At first glance they appear to be a metallic membrane but when you take a closer look they are not even a skin - they are instead a delineation of surface and form, modelled and drawn in three-dimensional space.
David Begbie