Talk
BARBARA HEPWORTH 'Into unknown territory': where did drawing take Barbara Hepworth?
7 Oct 2015
Event times
2.30-4pm
Cost of entry
£10
Book online via www.rableydrawingcentre.com
Address
- Rabley Drawing Centre
- Rabley Barn, Mildenhall,
- Marlborough
- SN8 2LW
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Train: London Paddington to Bedwyn. Taxi or bus to Marlborough
For Barbara Hepworth, drawing was 'a particularly exciting adventure' – a practice intimately connected to her sculpture and to the way she understood the world around her. Michael Bird discusses the different dynamics of Hepworth's abstract and figure drawings, their roots in the ideals of mid-20th-century modernism, and their place in the new landscape of post-war Britain.
About
Michael Bird is a writer, art historian and broadcaster. His books include The St Ives Artists: A Biography of Place and Time and monographs on Sandra Blow, Bryan Wynter and Lynn Chadwick. His Children's History of Art and a monograph on the sculptor George Fullard are due out next year.
This talk coincides with a BOOK LAUNCH of ‘The Drawings of Barbara Hepworth’ by Alan Wilkinson. Published by Lund Humphries, June 2015.
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Tate Britain Exhibition
Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World
24 June – 25 October 2015