Angela Conner | A Life In Sculpture

You may not be immediately familiar with the name Angela Conner - but the chances are you have been stopped in your tracks by her work.
If you have ever visited some of the most well-known stately homes in England - such as Chatsworth House, Hatfield House, or Longleat House - or visited Noel Coward’s estate in Jamaica, or taken a stroll around London or indeed many other great cities, you will no doubt have been unable to stop yourself from taking a quiet moment to admire a sculptural work by Angela Conner.
From monumental kinetic public sculptures through to the most intricate and detailed portraits commissioned by many a famous aficionado and destined for private collections, Angela’s body of work is breathtaking for its sheer range. Her long-standing career in art, despite no formal education, is a testament to her instinctive passion and determination.
‘I started making sculpture when all of us start making sculpture - as a child - with cardboard, paper and glue. I guess the difference is that I never stopped.’ Angela Conner
With sitters as diverse as the late Queen Elizabeth II and the elusive artist Lucian Freud, for Angela, the emotions conjured by her sculptures were the most important aspect of her work. Conner strove to create pieces that encouraged active engagement from the public, and what remains true to all her sculptures is an emotional feeling and connection, whether this may be to the subject she is modelling or the environment and intricacies of nature inspiring her greatest kinetic work.
In this extended film we glean further insights into this remarkable sculptor from her husband, renowned photographer and filmmaker John Bulmer, daughter Georgia Bulmer Ferreira, as well as the testimony from the wonderful patron and property developer Pat Doherty, and high praise from the erudite and astute Rachel Campbell-Johnston, former Art Critic for The Times for over 20 years, as they all pay tribute to the awe-inspiring and phenomenal sculptor, artist, wife, mother, friend and trail-blazing powerhouse that is Angela Conner.
An auction of Angela Conner’s Studio Collection will take place at Dreweatts on Thursday 11 July 2024.
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Our sincere and special thanks to the following individuals for their kind and generous help with the making of this film:
Angela Conner & Family, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, and Pat Doherty & Family
The Duke of Devonshire, Lord William Burlington, and the team at Chatsworth House Trust
Dr Sophie Bowness, Henryk Hetflaisz, and Tamie Cornwall-Jones
Cal de BrÍ and Ben Bryant
IMAGERY & ARCHIVE
All imagery included in this film is subject to © Dreweatts 1759, © Chatsworth House Trust, © AC Family Archive, and those © clearances as indicated on screen and below.
© Chatsworth House Trust
© William Burlington
© Doherty Family Archive
© Petersburg Press
© Bowness & The Barbara Hepworth Estate
© Rosemary Mathews
© Morgan Wells
© Ben Bryant
© Blairshots
© Cal de Brí
© Roger Wooldridge
Credits for images licensed under the Creative Commons licences are listed below:
© Ad Meskens | United Nations Building NYC | CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
© Geneall | Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire | CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Common
© Fabien Bastide | Baby Asian Elephant | CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
FILMING TEAM
Directed and Produced by Laura Warner
Cinematography by Alex Metcalfe & Zoran Veljković
Camera Assistant Chris Speddings
Edited by Alex Metcalfe and Laura Warner
MUSIC CREDITS
TRACK 1 - Rainbow | Created by Veaceslav Draganov | Artlist.io
TRACK 2 - Champions League | Created by Veaceslav Draganov | Artlist.io
TRACK 3 - A Bright Future | Created by Matt Stewart-Evans | Artlist.io
TRACK 4 - Slow Tide | Created by Sémø | Artlist.io
TRACK 5 - Zadok the Priest by St Mathews Concert Choir, directed by Damien Giromella | Public Domain
TRACK 6 - Ascending | Created by TURPAK | Artlist.io

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Videos in this channel touch the soul. Thank you, please produce more!

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What a lovely film about a wonderful lady.