Henry More
24th February to 8th August 2010
Tate Britain, Millbank, Westminster, London SW1P 4RG
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A major exhibition dedicated to one of Britain’s foremost sculptors is being staged at Tate Britain for half of the year and brings together over 150 works by the artist – sculptures in wood and bronze as well as many of his iconic drawings of London during the Blitz. Henry Moore has been commissioned as an official war artist and his drawings of Londoners sheltering in underground stations during the Blitz had established his reputation some time before his range of sculptures took his status as an artist even higher.
Often provocative, his sculptures in wood, bronze and stone adorn many public places in Britain today and many include the pairing of mother and child which more himself referred to as his ‘fundamental obsession’. The exhibition also aims to trace the influence of various cultures around the world on his work, focussed on the primitive masks and his early sculptures from the 1930’s.
Travel: Take the Circle or District Line tube from South Kensington station to Victoria, changing for the Victoria Line one stop to Pimlico. From there, it is a short walk down Vauxhall Bridge Road and along either John Islip Street or Millbank to Tate Britain.
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