Olivia Musgrave
Too Close to the Sun
Bronze £11,200
To escape from the Labyrinth Daedalus invented wings that fitted to the body with wax. He told his son Icarus not to fly too near to the sun, but the young man soared high, the feathers parted in the heat and he plummeted into the sea.
Olivia Musgrave studied sculpture at the City & Guilds of London under Allan Sly and has had numerous solo exhibitions in England, Ireland, South Africa and the United States. Major commissions, most recently for the Oxford University Business School, the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind and the headquarters for Boots plc have attracted widespread press attention. Her work is drawn both from life and from the imagination where she draws inspiration from Greek mythology.
In artistic terms, Musgrave has been influenced by 20th Century Italian sculptors, including Marini, Martini, Greco and Manzu. Alongside her personal work, she has completed a number of portrait and public commissions in bronze. She is a member of both the Royal Society of British Sculptors and the Society of Portrait Sculptors.
Olivia Musgrave currently lives and works in London and Suffolk.
