Wood, J and Harrison, P (2019) Harry Houdini (1994). In: Being Human: An Exhibition of Modern Sculpture, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, UK, 5 October 2019 — 4 October 2020.
| Item Type: | Exhibition |
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| Creators: | Wood, J and Harrison, P |
| Abstract: | Can art capture what it is to be human? The exhibition 'Being Human' explores how sculptors have grappled with the human form. |
| Official URL: | https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristol-museum-a... |
| Date: | October 2019 |
| Event Location: | Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, UK |
| Number of Pieces: | 1 |
| Medium: | Video |
| Measurements/Duration: | 2 minutes |
| Note: | Presenting work from Bristol’s collection, this exhibition is a powerful visual feast by a significant group of artists. Their work focuses on themes of beauty, identity, sexuality and existential angst in the aftermath of war. 'Being Human' features early modernist experimentation by Antoine Bourdelle to 20th century modernism from Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Jacob Epstein and Willhem Lehmbruck. At the heart of the exhibition are the so-called ‘Geometry of Fear’ sculptors: Lynn Chadwick, Ken Armitage, Reg Butler and Bernard Meadows. These artists lived through the Second World War and produced tortured, twisted forms conveying the angst and perhaps the guilt of having survived. These examples appear alongside work by fellow British sculptors Frank Dobson, Hubert Dalwood, Elisabeth Frink and Ralph Brown as well as new acquisitions by Yeesookyung and Wood and Harrison to explore how sculpture embodies the human form. |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR |
| Divisions: | Bath School of Art, Film and Media |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2020 17:35 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2021 09:53 |
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