Danny Lane

Danny Lane
Born
Malcolm Daniel Lane

(1955-01-27) 27 January 1955 (age 71)
Urbana, Illinois, United States
EducationCentral School of Art and Design
Known forpublic art, mostly in glass
Websitedannylane.co.uk

Malcolm Daniel Lane (born 27 January 1955), known professionally as Danny Lane, is an American sculptor working mainly in glass and associated with public art in the United Kingdom.

Early life

Lane was born in 1955 in Urbana, Illinois, United States. He left school early and became involved in the American counterculture, distributing anti-Vietnam War leaflets from the age of 14 and attending protests in Washington, D.C., where he was arrested.

A subsequent six-month jail sentence for marijuana-related offences was the catalyst for his departure from the United States and move to the United Kingdom in 1975.

He later attended a summer school at the Ruskin School of Art and a foundation course at the Byam Shaw School of Art, before studying at the Central School of Art and Design.

Work

Lane's work includes sculpture in glass and steel, as well as glass furniture, examples of which were shown in the 1999 exhibition Breaking Tradition at Mallett in London.

Lane has received commissions for public art. These include installations at Gateshead Interchange, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and The Gate, Newcastle. His work has also been installed near the Civic Centre in Southampton and outside the Senedd in Cardiff.

He has also worked with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill on commissions at Canary Wharf in London and the Renaissance Center in Detroit.

References

  1. 1 2 "Balustrade". V&A Explore the Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
  2. ↑ Brilliant Ideas: Danny Lane (Television programme). Bloomberg. 30 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Chislett, Helen (February 2008). "Clearly a Genius". How To Spend It. Financial Times.
  4. ↑ Jebb, Louis (26 November 2021). "Remembering Patrick Reyntiens, a pivotal artist in the history of stained glass". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "Stairway by Danny Lane". Cass Sculpture Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
  6. ↑ Hall, Dinah (May 1998). "Glassy Looks: Danny Lane, Leader of the Stack". House & Garden. Vol. 53, no. 5. pp. 126–131.
  7. ↑ Utterlee, Penelope (8 June 1999). "Danny Lane at Mallett". Artnet. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
  8. ↑ Research Report 1997–1999 (PDF) (Report). Victoria and Albert Museum. p. 40. Retrieved 27 September 2026.. Records the exhibition dates as 28 April–22 May 1999 and lists the catalogue contribution: Opie, Jennifer (1999). "Danny Lane's glass". In Smith, John P. (ed.). Breaking Tradition. London: Mallett. pp. 10–22..
  9. ↑ Alison Beckett (5 June 2001). "A touch of class with glass". The Times.
  10. ↑ Ganis, William (Summer 2007). "On Edge". Glass. p. 51.
  11. ↑ "Opening Line - Danny Lane (2004)". Gateshead Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  12. ↑ Anon (2005). "The Gate: Ellipsis Eclipses". Commissions North. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Sculpture is high glass artwork". BBC News. 18 July 2004.
  14. ↑ Dan Warburton (31 December 2011). "Club Director Fined After Advertising Stunt At Tyneside Artwork". The Journal (Newcastle).
  15. ↑ "Southampton Public Art Strategy" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 2004. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
  16. ↑ Cox, Peter D (29 March 2011). "Public art in Cardiff – from pavement visual diversion to genuine art". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
  17. ↑ "Challenges of artist's vision". Glass Age. May 2006. p. 16. Retrieved 27 September 2026 – via Building.

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