Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life 21 May 2021–27 February 2022 The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire hepworthwakefield.org


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MAY/JUNE 2021 WORDS BY SOPHIE TOLHURST REPORTER


Clockwise from top left Barbara Hepworth’s Curved Forms (Pavan), 1956; Orpheus (Maquette 1), 1956; Hepworth with the gift plaster of Figure for Landscape and a bronze cast of Figure (Archaean), November 1964; Genesis III, 1966; Hepworth at work on the plaster for Oval Form (Trezion), 1963


FOLLOWING ITS long closure in the last year, The Hepworth Wakefield gallery in Yorkshire will reopen in time to celebrate its tenth anniversary with a major exhibition celebrating its eponym, Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life. The most renowned works from across Hepworth’s career will be on display: the abstract carvings of the 1920s and 30s, the iconic string sculptures of the 1940s and 50s, and her later large-scale bronze and carved shapes. Key loans from national


public collections and others from private collections – some of which haven’t been on public display since the 1970s – will share the space with rare drawings, paintings and fabric designs.


Thoughtful curation puts the Wakefield- born artist’s work of different periods ‘in dialogue’ with those of her contemporaries, such as Bridget Riley in the 1960s, as well as exploring Hepworth’s wide sphere of influences – ranging from space exploration, politics and


religion, to music and dance. This, as well as the inclusion of contemporary commissions from Tacita Dean and Veronica Ryan exploring the themes and ideas that interested Hepworth throughout her life, means the exhibition offers a fuller picture of the artist’s life and work than ever before.


Te exhibition coincides with the publication of a book by the Hepworth Wakefield’s curator, Eleanor Clayton. See p088 for our review.


CLOCKWISE: BOWNESS, HEPWORTH ESTATE / JERRY HARDMAN-JONES; BOWNESS, HEPWORTH ESTATE / LEWIS RONALD; LUCIEN MYERS; BOWNESS, HEPWORTH ESTATE / VAL WILMER; BOWNESS, HEPWORTH ESTATE / JERRY HARDMAN-JONES


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