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Open till 4pm, Mon - Sat. Closed on Sundays.
About this event
This ‘Spotlight’ feature on rare signed lithographic prints by the doyenne of British sculpture, Barbara Hepworth, complements the current ‘Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life’ exhibition at the nearby Tate St Ives.
As one of the leading British artists of her generation, Barbara Hepworth was the first woman sculptor to achieve international recognition. From 1939 she was based in St Ives, where, along with Naum Gabo, Ben Nicholson, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Peter Lanyon, and Patrick Heron, she was implementable in driving the international recognition of the ‘St Ives School’.
The natural landscape surrounding St Ives was to greatly inspire Hepworth’s work, in her graduation from a traditional figurative and naturalistic approach, to pioneering new practice and techniques in her creation of simplified, and often pierced, abstract forms.
The prints on show can be seen as a complementary practice to Hepworth’s direct-carving process: trial compositions striving for balanced and harmonious relationships – be it the human figure and the landscape, or between contrasting forms or textures placed side-by-side.
Entry to the show is free, and all the works in show are available to purchase.
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Fri 26th Apr, 2024
Morrab Library, Penzance
£10 — £10
Sat 30th Mar, 2024 — Fri 26th Apr, 2024
New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives
£0 — £0
Sat 6th Jan, 2024 — Sat 27th Apr, 2024
The Studio
£50 — £50
Sat 6th Apr, 2024 — Sat 27th Apr, 2024
Tregony Contemporary
£0 — £0