Representational Art; The Original Sin: Alexander Stoddart at TEDxUWS

Alexander Stoddart, Sculptor in Ordinary to The Queen in Scotland.
Alexander Stoddart is an internationally acclaimed sculptor, who was appointed the Queen's official sculptor in Scotland on 30 December 2008. 'Her Majesty's Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland' is one of only two posts for the arts in the Royal Household in Scotland. In addition to a Royal commission for the Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace in honour of the Jubilee, Stoddart's works include a statue of David Hume in Edinburgh, a monument to Robert Burns in Kilmarnock, a statue of Adam Smith in Edinburgh's Royal Mile and a recent monument to James Clerk Maxwell in the city's George Street.

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