Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
2008, Helsinki, Henry Moore and The Challenge of Architecture
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2008, Helsinki, Henry Moore and The Challenge of Architecture
07 February 2008 - 28 September 2008
Henry Moore and the Challenge of Architecture explores ways in which the artist approached problems of placing sculpture in an architectural context as increasingly his works were finding homes in an urban environment. The Didrichsen Art Museum was designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell, whose last project was a collaboration with Moore on the controversial siting of Three Way Piece No.2: The Archer 1965 (LH 535) in Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto. The Didrichsen collection includes a cast of Atom Piece (Working Model for Nuclear Energy) 1964-65 (LH 525) and Archer (LH 536) in white marble: two key works in the exhibition.
15 September 2007 - 30 March 2008
16 December 2022 - 26 August 2023
Exhibition Info: Drawing in the Dark is the largest exhibition to date of Moore’s coalmining drawings, completed in 1942 for the War Artists’ Advisory Committee. When Moore was asked to record the coalminers working to power wartime Britain, he chose to visit the mine his father had worked in, Wheldale Colliery in Castleford, where he spent a week drawing from observation. Subsequently, he worked from memory to create the remaining drawings which were all completed within six months. This fascinating body of work reveals the back-breaking labour endured by nearly 3/4 million miners as they made their vital contribution to Britain's war effort, while also providing new insights into Moore’s life and artistic process.
29 March - 29 August 2010 (Perry Green), 3 February - 3 April 2011 (Leeds)