An exhibition which looks at the relationship between photographs and sculpture will be on display at the Henry Moore Institute from March 30. Photographing Sculpture: How the Image Moves the Object shows the importance of photography to the study of sculpture, and features eighty images, from late nineteenth century prints to present day photographs drawn … Continue reading
Category Archives: Henry Moore Institute
Major Leeds show for Ian Kiaer
A major exhibition of the work of Ian Kiaer will be on display at the Henry Moore Institute this spring. The London-born artist uses discarded materials to create his work, such as packing foam, chocolate wrappers and Perspex sheets Tooth House brings together a selection of Kiaer’s works made between 2005 and 2014, the most … Continue reading
Reconstructed Russian sculpture to go on display at Henry Moore Institute
A reconstruction of the Stenberg brothers‘ Konstruktsiya Prosranstvennogo Sooruzheniya (Construction for a Spatial Structure) (1917) will be on display at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, from from January 22 to April 26. The Moscow-born, Russian-Swedish brothers Vladimir (1899-1982) and Georgii (1900-1933) Stenberg are central figures of the early Russian Constructivist movement, characterised by a laboratory … Continue reading
Senses and Sculpture: Highlights of 2013 at the Henry Moore Institute
With 2013 coming to an end, Leeds Art Scene invited the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, to share its highlights of the past year. This year’s program at the Henry Moore Institute has not only been a spectacular treat for the eyes, but for all the senses. At the beginning of 2013, visitors saw the first … Continue reading
Sweet delights at the Henry Moore Institute
by Jon Cronshaw Thousands of boiled sweets and floating silver balloons sound like the perfect addition to any ten-year-old’s birthday party, but these objects are currently on display at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, alongside ancient Chinese jades, a lump of asphalt and a tiny indoor garden. Indifferent Matter: From Object to Sculpture takes its … Continue reading
Review: Robert Filliou: The Institute of Endless Possibilities
by Jon Cronshaw The Henry Moore Institute has taken a punt with its latest exhibition, ‘Robert Filliou: The Institute of Endless Possibilities’. The exhibition seeks to explore the nature of gambling and the absurdity of games by utilising a bizarre array of cardboard boxes, double-sided playing cards and a dice-filled, room which were produced by … Continue reading
Acclaimed Latvian artist to be shown in Leeds
The work of artist Voldemārs Matvejs (1877-1914) will be on display at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, from January 30 to April 14. Matvejs was a Latvian painter and art theorist who was fascinated by the display and understanding of art. He took ‘Vladimir Markov’ as his nom de plume in 1912, marking the first … Continue reading
Art Yorkshire 