Grenville Davey

Grenville Davey was born in Launceston, Cornwall, in 1961. He studied at Exeter College of Art and Design and at Goldsmiths' College, London (1981-85), where he gained a BA (Hons) in fine art.

Taking an everyday object and enlarging it to a point where it is no longer recognisable or functional is not an entirely new concept in the realms of sculpture making. In some of his work, however, Grenville Davey manages to achieve a wicked balance, and our perception is thrown into confusion as we seek to decide whether the object is found, manufactured, representational ...