Barbara Hepworth : art & life
Clayton, Eleanor2021
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Barbara Hepworth is one of the most important artists of the 20th century, yet she has been the subject of relatively few monographs in comparison to her male counterparts. This biography moves beyond the traditional narratives of modernism, truth to materials, and the landscape to provide a penetrating insight into Hepworth's remarkable life, work and legacy. Barbara Hepworth was reproached for single-mindedness in her lifetime, with critics and commentators framing both the artist and her work as 'cool and restrained'. A continued focus on her modernist abstract sculpture of the 1930s and its relation to her male contemporaries has left vast swathes of her work and related passions overlooked. This fully illustrated biography reflects for the first time Hepworth's multi-faceted, interdisciplinary and networked approach, shedding light as never before on her interests in music, dance, poetry, contemporary politics, science and technology; her engagement with these fields through friends and networks as well as her artistic practice; and the ways in which she synthesized sometimes seemingly conflicting disciplines and ideas into one coherent and inspirational philosophy of art and life.
Main title:
Barbara Hepworth : art & life / Eleanor Clayton ; foreword by Ali Smith.
Author:
Clayton, Eleanor, authorSmith, Ali, 1962-, author of introduction, etc
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2021.©2021
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the major exhibition Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life held at The Hepworth Wakefield (21 May 2021-27 February 2022)" -- Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-279) and index.
ISBN:
9780500094259 (hbk)9780500094259
Dewey class:
730.92730
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
516262
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 730 HEP | Available |