Yorkshire
Sculpture Park - Part II
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An education workshop site
had an eclectic collection of materials and part finished serious
works ...
...
... and more whimsical creations
such as these from a collection of mice.
We can see there has been
'heap plenty dancing' around the Totem Pole ...
... and we find paths that
wander around the landscaped grounds and amongst the exhibits
...
... revealing, at a turn,
the spirit of a horse expressed in Scottish granite ...
... or the Wounded Elephant.
Both being works by Scottish sculptor Ronald Rae ...
... as is this oversized
and solemn fish ...
... this Bull intaglio (ish)
...
... and amongst others this
striking bas-relief tiger aptly titled, with a nod to William
Blake, 'Tyger, Tyger'.
'Heros de Lumiere' by Igor
Mitoraj intrigued and impressed.
As did this vaguely organic
shape in sheet metal called 'Outside in', or some similar name.
Antony Gormley's exhibit
'One and Other' stands poised atop a tall tree stump some 15-20
foot high ...
... like a high-board diver
before the plunge.
Amid the spreading greensward
by the lake this extensive industrial-flavoured exhibit in painted
sheet steel, called 'Promenade', created by Anthony Caro.
This lamb has found an additional
and utilitarian purpose for a Henry Moore figure and ...
... his 'Reclining Figure'
is tantalisingly placed by the entrance drive giving a flavour
of the whole experience that awaits the visitor ...
... and 'Mother and Child'
is only a few hundred yards away, positioned here against the
backdrop of the rolling Yorkshire countryside.
The Barbara Hepworth exhibition
is only for a limited period and other exhibits are changed over
a period of time. The latest programme is available here.
I certainly intend to return again to see what's new and inspect
the names of my grandchildren in the 'Walk of Art' (see above).
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