Let's Not Be Stupid

A wander round Warwick University again tonight. I found this sculpture rather fascinating and a passing flock of birds provided some added interest.

A look on the university website provided the information that it's actually part of a sculpture trail and this information on the sculptor and the rest of his work

Richard Deacon b 1949
Let’s Not Be Stupid 1991
Stainless steel and painted mild steel
Presented to the University in 1991 by the Nyda and Oliver Prenn Foundation
Deacon has studied and lectured at many art schools. In 1987 he won the Turner Prize and in 1999 he was made CBE for his significant contribution to the arts in Britain. He has exhibited extensively throughout the world.
This huge and powerful sculpture was made especially for this site. Its proportions and position have been carefully calculated providing the viewers with a constantly changing impression of the work as they walk around, under and through it. This sculpture is purely abstract without narrative references and is a part of Deacon’s research into the relationship between freedom and constraint.