Events

The Henry Moore Institute will mark the occasion of the publication of the Henry Moore Institute/Ashgate collection of essays Sculpture and Archaeology (eds. Paul Bonaventura and Andrew Jones) with an evening wine reception at the Institute.

Editor Andrew Jones will give a short introductory talk describing the content and value of the book and its contribution to the scholarship of both disciplines.

In recent years the intersections between art history and archaeology have become the focus of critical analysis by both disciplines. Contemporary sculpture has played a key role in this dialogue. The essays in this volume, by art historians, archaeologists and artists, take these intersections, specifically between sculpture and archaeology, as the prelude for analysis, examining the metaphorical and conceptual role of archaeology as subject matter for sculptors, and the significance of sculpture as a three-dimensional medium for exploring historical attitudes to archaeology.

'[Sculpture and Archaeology will make] an important contribution to the growing interest in the archaeological imagination, in its metaphors and its incursions in other fields.'
Jennifer Wallace, University of Cambridge

This publication is the result of a 2004 conference at the Henry Moore Institute whose theme was the historic and ongoing dialogue between sculpture and archaeology.

Sculpture and Archaeology will be available to purchase on the night at a 50% discount of £25.

The Institute's galleries are open until 9pm on Wednesday nights.

All welcome.