‘One of the most eagerly awaited shows of the year’
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Jamaican-born sculptor Ronald Moody is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life, opening at The Hepworth Wakefield later this month, will explore the development of Moody’s art as well as his contribution and impact on British and international art history.
The major exhibition will bring together over 50 Moody works from large-scale figurative sculptures made in wood in the 1930s through to post-war experimentation with concrete and resin casting. These works will be set within the context of his contemporaries Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, artists he exhibited alongside such as Eileen Agar and his friend Jacob Epstein, as well as the group known as the Caribbean Artists Movement of which Moody was a founding member.
Sculpting Life will also include his broader creative endeavours such as poetry, writings and audio broadcasts that he turned to at the advent of the Second World War in which he discusses his artistic influences. This archive section will be presented in a specially commissioned installation by Sheffield-based artist Kedisha Coakley (
@kedishacoakley ).
To coincide with the exhibition a new biography, Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life by Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski, is published by
@thamesandhudson in association with The Hepworth Wakefield on Thur 20 June.
Be one the first to see the exhibition at our FREE Midsummer Party on Fri 21 June, 7-10pm. No need to RSVP, just turn up!
Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life
Sat 22 June - Sun 3 Nov
FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s
Plan your visit and book exhibition tickets at hepworthwakefield.org
Exhibition major supporter: The Ronald Moody Trust. Exhibition supported by:
@henrymoorefdn_grants and
@grosvenorgallery .
Image: Ronald Moody working on Johanaan, 1963. © Val Wilmer. Photo: Val Wilmer
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!["Abstract drawing has always been for me a particularly exciting adventure. First there is only one's mood; then the surface takes one's mood in colour and texture; then a line or curve which, made with a pencil on the hard surface of many coats of oil or gouache, has a particular kind of 'bite' rather like incising on slate; then one is lost in a new world of a thousand possibilities because the next line in association with the first will have a compulsion about it which will carry one forward into completely unknown territory. [...] The whole process is opposite to that of drawing from life." Barbara HepworthBarbara Hepworth, Oval Form, 1956 is currently on display as part of our Still Lives exhibition until January 2025.Exhibition entry is FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s.Plan your visit at hepworthwakefield.orgText: Extracts from Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Drawings, with an introduction by Herbert Read, London, 1952. Chapter 5: Rhythm and space, 1946–1949.Image: Barbara Hepworth, Oval Form, 1956. Oil and pencil on gesso prepared board.#HepworthWakefield #BarbaraHepworth #Oval #OvalForm #ArtWork #ModernArt #AbstractArt #ArtistQuote #StillLife #YorkshireDaysOut #ArtGallery #Wakefield #Hepworth](https://sp1.pixwox.com/p/pt_6811255511485362325171_0_0b9dd6d1eb00657ee12fc325e56e6396.jpg?v/t39.30808-6/448986141_878098631013936_718381670339484573_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_s828x828_sh0.08&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6ImltYWdlX3VybGdlbi4yMDQ4eDIwNDguc2RyLmYzMDgwOCJ9&_nc_ht=scontent-hou1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=100&_nc_ohc=s-CQ9cRfYFoQ7kNvgGfX00F&edm=ABmJApAAAAAA&ccb=7-5&ig_cache_key=MzQwMzI1NjU0MTk3MDA3MjA1Mw%3D%3D.2-ccb7-5&oh=00_AYCRiopASlxStgwed6ZshX0np0rdy6H9DRVNA48gEjDGdg&oe=668BC9E0&_nc_sid=b41fef)
