- Venue
- Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
- Starts
- Thursday, February 23, 2012
- Ends
- Sunday, April 15, 2012
- Address
- Royal Pump Rooms The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AA
- Location
- West Midlands
This exhibition examines all the works of Henry Moore (1898-1986) that are in the Arts Council Collection. Seen together the works on display present the development of his practice between 1927 and 1962. Many of the works show Moore’s investigation of human and organic forms towards a point of abstraction. His contribution to public sculpture can also be seen in various models for larger outdoor commissions. Each of these pieces can, in their own right, be appreciated for their expressiveness, craftsmanship and unique formal qualities. As Moore himself once noted, ‘the sensitive observer of sculpture must learn to feel shape simply as shape’. Henry Moore was a key figure in the formation of the Arts Council Collection. He was an important advisor to the acquisitions committee during the early 1950s, shaping the sculpture collection by advocating the acquisition of a significant group of post-war British sculpture by artists including Kenneth Armitage, Lynn Chadwick and Barbara Hepworth. A Hayward Touring exhibition from the Arts Council Collection, on behalf of Southbank Centre, London.
