We were very pleased to announce the first show of Ken's work in London for nearly 50 years. This was a fantastic opportunity to see some of his unique kinetic sculptures in motion. This exhibition was curated by the concrete poetry specialist William Allen and CHELSEA space, with assistance from the Cox Estate.
2007 Retrospective, Wotton-Under Edge
Retrospective exhibition of Ken's drawing, painting and poetic sculptures at his home town of Wooton-Under-Edge. This was organised by his family in order to celebrate his life's work. Many of the pieces on display had not been seen by the public for over 30 years.
Exhibited: Four seasons clock
Exhibited: Three graces: Amor, Voluptas and Pulchritudo
Exhibited: Space time 1, Space time day,
Space time night fibre pen drawings
Exhibited: Tree oil painting, Terracotta head of Jessica,
Cave drawing, Triple portrait oil, H.M.S. Indefatigable construction, Paddle steamer, Shadowbox, Double pendulum harmonograph, 3 name clocks: Margaret, Silvester, Astrid.
3 Balloons: Ocean, Earth, Sky, Three Graces maquette,
Space time poster, Suncycle multiple, Semaphore machine
Exhibited: Balloons and Suncyle
Exhibited: 5 Elemental balloon poems, 3 Electric clockwords, Three graces mobile, Moondark, Suncycle, Amor and Voluptas
Exhibited: High cumulus green elm trees poem
Exhibited: Three graces: Amor, Voluptas and Pulchritudo
Exhibited: Plus-en-plus motorised poem
Exhibited: Three graces, floating scupture: Love, Passion and Beauty
Exhibited: Voluptas, Amor and Four seasons clock
Exhibited: 100 glowing tissue paper balloons floating across the estuary at night
Exhibited: Tallboy and Four seasons clock
This was financed by Ken and Margaret Cox and Ken Cox was the principal organiser (together with Charles Verey, DSH, John Furnival).
Exhibited: Four seasons clock, Amor and Harmonograph
Exhibited: Four seasons clock, Amor, Harmonograph and Variations on O
Exhibited: Shadow box
This was his first kinetic piece of work using letters. The work was thrown in the river by students protesting that this was not a serious art exhibition.
Exhibited: Semaphore machine
This was the first London exhibition of Concrete Poetry.
1979 Art Beyond Poetry, Munster, Germany
1973/4 Pen as Pencil, Antwerp & Brussels
1969 Memorial Exhibition, Stroud, Gloucestershire
1969 Art and Project, Copenhagen & Amsterdam
1968 Solo Exhibition Kinetic Poems, Lisson Gallery, London
1968 Arlington Quadro, Arlington Mill, Bibury
1968 Group Show, Lisson Gallery, London
1968 Cybernetic Serendipity, ICA, London & American Tour
1968 Portrait of a Man in a Hurry (Homage to Guillome Apollinaire),
ICA, London
1967 Brighton Arts Festival, Brighton
1967 Freewheel, Nottingham & Cambridge
1967 Signed Space, Trieste, Italy
1967 International Festival of Concrete Poetry, Falmouth
1967 Posters on the Wall, Modena, Italy
1967 Scrambled Ego, Folkestone & Canterbury
1966 Arlington One (International Exhibition of Spacial Poetry
and Sound Poetry), Arlington Mill, Bibury
1966 The Golden Mile, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1966 Intermedia, Subscription Rooms, Stroud
1965 Oxpo, St Catherine’s College
1965 Between Painting and Poetry, ICA, London
1986 Biennale Internationale De Poésie, Liège & Bruges Belgium
2008 Typographic Works, Stroud
Exhibited: Variations on O, Balloons, Margaret clock, Four seasons clock, Shadow box, Three graces, Semaphore machine, Plus-en-plus, Suncycle