Lesley Foxcroft (born 1949) is an English sculptor working mostly in MDF,

paper Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, Textile, rags, poaceae, grasses, Feces#Other uses, herbivore dung, or other vegetable sources in water. Once the water is dra ...

, and card. She studied at the Camberwell School of Fine Art during 1970–1974 and has gone on to be part of several solo and group exhibitions.

Style

Many of her works consist of pieces of MDF, paper and over such "everyday objects" attached to the walls of the gallery space with simple fixings such as bolts and washers. Of her style she has said that “I like the idea that the uncomplicated has a purpose: that the material does not give a sculpture its value, it is the artist that does'."

Select solo exhibitions

Foxcroft has held several

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s including the

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, Düsseldorf, the ''Museum of Modern Art, Oxford'' in 1975, ''A arte Invernizzi, Milan'' in 2002,

Work on permanent display

Her piece "Stackwork" (1993) is part of the permanent collection at the

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, in

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. It was donated to them by the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Foxcroft, Lesley 1949 births Living people Artists from Sheffield Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts 20th-century English women artists 21st-century English women artists English women sculptors