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John Davies (1946-), Sculptor

Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist of 1 portrait
Davies' work typically consists of naturalistic clothed male figures often with strange props in a super realist tradition. Although the figures' flesh is often painted ashen grey and their inexpressive faces are eerily distant, they seem to bear more relation to life than art.

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6530

Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster

by John Davies
nickel-plated bronze head, 1999
On display in Room 37 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6530