The Manx factor.(Bryan Kneale: Idea and Realisation)(Critical Essay)

Bryan Kneale: Idea and Realisation Cass Sculpture Foundation, 3 & 4 Percy Street, London W1, until 4 June

Bryan Kneale comes from the Isle of Man and, after winning the Rome Prize from the Royal Academy Schools, was one of the leaders of the British sculptural revolution of the 1950s and 60s. In 1970, against the advice of his friends and fellow-artists, he was the first abstract sculptor to join the Royal Academy. Many others followed, and the RA was saved for a while from its institutional fear of innovators. During the 1980s, Kneale was both head of sculpture at the Royal College of Art and professor of sculpture at the RA. But although this heavy load of teaching …