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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Peter Davies

Brian Thompson obituary

Sun Gate, Machu Picchu, sculpture in gilded oak by Brian Thompson, 2012
Sun Gate, Machu Picchu, sculpture in gilded oak by Brian Thompson, 2012 Photograph: from family/none

My friend Brian Thompson, an academic and artist, saw walking as integral to his artistic practice.

Brian’s sculptures and drawings were often records and memories of walks in a particular place and time – in Japan, in the Lake District, on the escaped slave routes of the underground railroads in the US, or around the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru.

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