Geoffrey Smedley
Works by Geoffrey Smedley:
From ABC BookWorld, "Along with Howard Shubert of McGill University and Robert Enright, British-born artist Geoffrey Smedley of Gibsons, B.C., co-authored a critical appreciation of one of Canada's major contemporary architects, the Jamaican-born Richard Henriquez, whose firm is based in Vancouver."
From The Coast Reporter, May 14, 2018 6:30 AM, "The 91-year-old retired UBC professor, who died May 9 when he accidentally drove his all-terrain vehicle off Gambier Island's public dock, was a well-respected sculptor who had just published his latest book.
The book is a study of the work of the 15th century Italian artist Piero della Francesca and “demonstrated Smedley’s astute grasp of principles of art and geometry,” says its editor, Jan DeGrass. . .
Born in London, England, Smedley was a builder of complex mechanical devices that he called metaphorical machines, many of which had been exhibited in 2013 at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.
A biolgraphy on La Fondation Daniel Langlois says Smedley "evolved from using specific landscape sites to the use of language. It was during the period between 1975-77 that he questioned the notion of light, time and memory in sculpture. Combining disciplines such as mathematics and philosophy with accomplished craftsmanship, his highly intellectual work functioned as a metaphor for language, time and memory."
His work was exhibited in more than 60 galleries in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, including seven solo shows. His works can be found in various public collections, including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Arts Council of Great Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Canadian Centre for Architecture."