John Buckley (sculptor)
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John Buckley is an English sculptor whose best known work is the sculpture Untitled 1986, better known as "the Shark House" or "The Headington Shark" in Headington, a suburb of Oxford.
Untitled 1986 (coordinates: 51°45′32″N 1°12′48″W / 51.7589°N 1.2133°W / 51.7589; -1.2133)
The Nuba Survival, 2001 (coordinates: 51°32′19″N 1°03′28″W / 51.5385°N 1.0577°W / 51.5385; -1.0577)
Ultimate Picture Palace
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The Ultimate Picture Palace is an independent cinema in Oxford, England. It is Oxford's only surviving independent cinema, showing a mixture of independent, mainstream, foreign language, and classic f
John Buckley (sculptor)
…on to Winchester School of Art and Leicester College of Art. In 1976, his friend Bill Heine invited Buckley to design the sculptural fixtures on the Penultimate Picture Palace. For the facade Buckley chose a dramatic figure reminiscent of Al Jolson with outstretched hands. Mae West's lips were the inspiration for the cinema's…
Front of the Ultimate Picture Palace at night
The auditorium before the 2014 refurbishment