Yorkshire Sculpture International 2019
22 June – 29 September 2019
Exhibition across all our Gallery spaces and the Sculpture Research Library
A festival of sculpture across Leeds and Wakefield.
Rashid Johnson, Shea Butter Three Ways, 2019, shea butter, tables Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: David Cotton Maria Loboda, detail of The Chosen, 2019 Courtesy the artist and Maisterravalbuena, Madrid. Photo: David Cotton Cauleen Smith, Sojourner, 2018, digital video Courtesy the artist; Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago; and Kate Werble, New York
Yorkshire Sculpture International is a festival of sculpture delivered by the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle made up of the Henry Moore Institute, The Hepworth Wakefield, Leeds Art Gallery and Yorkshire Sculpture Park. From new work by international artists to sculpture drawn from world-class collections, the festival showcases the breadth and diversity of contemporary sculptural practice, inspiring audiences to rethink what they understand the form to be.
At the Henry Moore Institute, Phyllida Barlow’s assertion that ‘sculpture is the most anthropological of the art forms’ brings together five extraordinary artists whose work looks at the relationship between material culture and an understanding of human history, present and future. Within the trajectory and methods of anthropology lie the foundations of history and all social sciences. Objects play a pivotal role in that framework, with material culture often made to function as a form of black box recorder that can play back history, identity, belonging and difference. The exhibition at the Institute reflects upon this responsibility of objects.
At the Henry Moore Institute
Tamar Harpaz - Gallery 1
Combining light, mirrors and domestic objects, Tamar Harpaz's sprawling sculptural installation Current teases a tangible, yet unstable, relationship between material culture, memory and communication.
Rashid Johnson - Gallery 2
Taking in portrait busts, minimalism and the human need to make and engage with materials, Rashid Johnson has created a new installation of sculptures made entirely from shea butter.
Maria Loboda - Gallery 3
Inspired by anthropology, linguistics and archaeology, Maria Loboda unravels the assignation of meaning to symbols and objects throughout history, reimagining them into new combinations.
Cauleen Smith - Gallery 4
Smith's film Sojourner, presented here as part of a new installation, reimagines the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum in Joshua Tree, California, as a radical feminist utopia.
Sean Lynch - Sculpture Research Library
Sean Lynch reveals unwritten stories and forgotten histories, and in this exhibition delves into the life and work of 'Flint Jack', a notorious nineteenth-century antiquarian, forger and vagabond.
Elsewhere
To see the full festival programme of exhibitions, events and public commissions visit yorkshire-sculpture.org
Leeds Art Gallery
At Leeds Art Gallery a series of solo shows and new commissions for Yorkshire Sculpture International will explore the breadth of contemporary sculpture-making, with works by Nobuko Tsuchiya, Rachel Harrison, Joanna Piotrowska, and Damian Hirst. Ayşe Erkmen, three of four, 2019 is a new installation in response to the Central Court in Leeds Art Gallery.
Also on display is Woodwork: A Family Tree of Sculpture, which responds to Phyllida Barlow’s provocation that ‘sculpture is the most anthropological of the art forms’ by considering wood as the most anthropological of materials.
The Hepworth Wakefield
For Yorkshire Sculpture International at The Hepworth Wakefield, the galleries are populated by established and emerging artists in a series of new commissions and debut UK presentations.
Centred around the theme of ‘truth to materials’, the exhibition will investigate the idea that a sculptural form should be determined by the characteristics of the chosen materials, and features works by Jimmie Durham, Wolfgang Laib, Nairy Baghramian, and Tau Lewis.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
YSP is presenting exhibitions by well know sculptors such as Damian Hirst and David Smith, as well Kimsooja: To Breathe, an enthralling installation using light and mirrors and the latest in a series of projects exploring meditative qualities of space.
Associated Matter shows new work made ofver the last six months by the five YSI Associate Artists: Ryoko Akama, Rhian Cooke, Natalie Finnemore, Jill McKnight and Rosanne Robertson.
Venue details
22 June 2019 - 29 September 2019
Venue address
Henry Moore Institute
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom
T: 0113 246 7467
Opening times
In response to the government's current Covid-19 guidelines, the Henry Moore Institute is temporarily closed until further notice.
22 June 2019 - 29 September 2019
Venue address
Leeds Art Gallery
The Headrow
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 3AA
United Kingdom
T: 0113 247 8256
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Opening times
Monday: Closed
Tuesday to Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 11am - 3pm
22 June 2019 - 29 September 2019
Venue address
The Hepworth Wakefield
Gallery Walk
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 5AW
United Kingdom
T: 01924 247360
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Opening times
Monday: Closed (except local school holidays and Bank Holidays)
Tuesday to Sunday: 10am - 5pm
10am - 9pm first Thursday of every other month
22 June 2019 - 29 September 2019
Venue address
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
West Bretton
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 4LG
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)1924 832631
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Opening times
Open daily except 24 & 25 December 2015
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