Nicola Godden ARBS (British, b. 1960) Icarus II

Nicola Godden ARBS (British, b. 1960) Icarus II Bronze From an edition of 12 173cm high, 165cm wide, 140cm deep On view at: The Sculpture Park Born into a British army family in Germany, Nicola Godden spent her childhood living in various countries and returned to the UK to study sculpture at the West Surrey College of Art and Design. Her first commission came from landscape garden designer Roddy Lewellyn. That bronze was subsequently featured in Lewellyn?s book Beautiful Backyards. She has since created many large commissions including the Hammersmith Man figure which was unveiled by George Melly in 1987 and the Peter Scott memorial sculpture for The Wildfowl and Wetlands site at Barnes which was unveiled by David Attenborough in 2000. The human form, in both abstract and realistic ways, and the narratives that the body conveys, are central themes in Godden?s work.