Yorkshire
Sculpture Park - Revisited
Last
May, Nic and I visited,
admired and vowed to return here; especially after I had fulfilled
my other intention of entering the names of my grandchildren onto
the 'Walk of Art' walkway ....
... seen here leading to
the entrance of the Visitors Centre (also see earlier visit here).
And here they are on Plate
24. The plates could possibly be open to public view for a long
number of years; not immortality but a visible marker with some
expectation of longevity. There are still plates to be filled
with names. For
details, click here.
Over the entrance drive,
and the first visible Henry Moore, a flight of Canada Geese honking
as they go on their flight from there to there.
The featured sculptor this
time was Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002), born in the Basque city
of San Sebastian ...
... who favours heavy solid
lumps, sheets and bars of steel as his raw material. Some of the
exhibits weigh 20 tonnes. A convoy of lorries was required to
bring them from Spain.
This is Chillida's "Homage
to George Braque", the painter ...
... and 'Lotura XIX', which
seemed to me to vaguely anthropomorphic, translates as 'Embrace
#19'!
Old acquaintances were still
in-situ: Borofsky's 'Molecule Man 1+1+1'.
And between the feet, there
is an Elizabeth Frink figure striding out ...
... while another is seemingly
lost in contemplation. Perhaps wondering where he left his trousers?
One I missed on my earlier
visit: this Minotaur captures convincingly the monstrosity of
the mythical creature.
Anthony Caro's "Promenade"
still muscularly dominating the lower lawns. (Maybe there really
is a bunker down below and these are the vents and
ducts?)
The thaw had not cleared
the lake completely of its ice.
Some sculpture cries out
to be touched, patted or caressed. This sinuous Henry Moore certainly
had a strong attraction for this young family. Without exception,
all the pieces on external display are able to be explored in
a tactile as well as visual manner.
Almost back at the Visitor
Centre, Moore's "Mother and Child" seem aptly to be
contemplating Chillida's "Buscanado la Luz IV" which
translates as 'seeking the light'.
Sadly, no pleasant sunset
on which to conclude. This, however, had been the weather at home
the day before.
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