Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
2015-16 Wolfson College, Cambridge, Henry Moore and Photography
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2015-16 Wolfson College, Cambridge, Henry Moore and Photography
09 October 2015 - 28 February 2016
An exhibition of 20 photographs and two sculpture maquettes.
This exhibition considers the little-examined role of photography in Henry Moore's creative process.
A selection of 20 photographs from The Henry Moore Archive, some of which have not previously been exhibited, along with two maquettes for monumental works, Three Standing Figures 1945 and Reclining Figure 1969 explore Moore's use of photography to study light, texture and form and to help site his large-scale sculptures.
This is a rare opportunity to consider a significant aspect of Moore's working process, one that the artist employed throughout his long and distinguished career.
The exhibition is curated by Sebastiano Barassi.
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.
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