February 28 – May 2, 2025

Alison Wilding

Benveniste Contemporary

In Person Viewing:

Calle Nicolás Morales, 37
28019 Madrid, Spain

Online Viewing:

https://www.benveniste.com/ondisplay/OD-0125

‘I’m not obsessed with materials’, says Alison Wilding OBE RA (b. 1948 Blackburn, UK). ‘If I’ve used a huge variety of stuff over the years, it’s because there’s lots of it freely available in the world. I don’t believe in a hierarchy of materials. All materials, however mundane, can be transformed’.

Wilding is one of the most important British sculptors of the post war period. Her (mostly) abstract sculptures, as the artist describes, cross both scale and materials, often in single works that push together unexpected and emotive relationships. From small tabletop or wall mounted works, to giant, room filling installations, made from alabaster, wood, steel, rubber, paper, copper and sand, Wilding’s recurring interests in balance, weight, line, material, and concealment are continually evident in a body of work that has constantly evolved since she first began exhibiting in the 1970s.