Ásmundarsafn and Yearning for Space
Visiting Iceland earlier in the year, I caught Yearning for Space at Ásmundarsafn in the few days before the exhibition closed. Yearning for Space is the name of an Ásmundur Sveinsson sculpture from 1967, and...
The Einar Jónsson Sculpture Garden
Born at Galtafell farm in southern Iceland, Einar Jónsson studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, settling in the Danish capital from 1904 following a couple of years...
Daily Visual 06.02.16: KAWS at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The first UK museum exhibition by the American artist KAWS opened today at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The Longside Gallery plays host to KAWS’ vibrant acrylic canvases and smaller sculptures in fibreglass and wood, while dotted...
Ursula von Rydingsvard at YSP: Instagram XV
Ursula von Rydingsvard’s long and acclaimed career centres upon her monolithic sculptures in cedar, bronze, copper, and graphite, carefully wrought and highly personal works which are best viewed undulating against the grand perspective of...
Daily Visual 11.11.15: Alexander Calder Performing Sculpture
On Wednesday, the major exhibition Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture opened at Tate Modern. The American sculptor remains one of the most recognisable figures in modern art as the originator of the ‘mobile’, a term...
Caro in Yorkshire and Henry Moore: Back to a Land at YSP
Major exhibits currently showing at Yorkshire Sculpture Park are providing new perspectives on the work of two of Britain’s eminent twentieth-century sculptors. Caro in Yorkshire, a two-site exhibition spread between Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Hepworth...
Daily Visual 22.07.15: Anthony Caro in Yorkshire
With Barbara Hepworth off visiting at Tate Britain in London, in Yorkshire a two-site exhibition opened this week, providing a thorough retrospective of the work of Anthony Caro. Indoors at the Hepworth Wakefield, Caro’s...
Daily Visual 24.06.15: Barbara Hepworth at Tate Britain
Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World opened today at Tate Britain. The exhibition will run until 25 October. It is the first major Hepworth exhibition in London for almost fifty years....