There are artists who court attention, and there are artists who build entire worlds in secret. Ray Exworth was emphatically the latter. On a remote Cornish smallholding, across seven studio sheds and a scatter of shipping containers, he spent roughly sixty years assembling one of the most extraordinary bodies of sculpture Britain has ever produced — and then locked the door on it.
The Secret Sculptor of Cornwall: A Hidden Life's Work Finally Revealed
For six decades, Ray Exworth filled a labyrinth of Cornish sheds with extraordinary sculptures that almost no one was allowed to see. Now, after his death, the locked doors have finally opened.
This is a Pro article
Subscribe to read the full article and support independent AI journalism.