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Barbara Hepworth Exhibits at The Hepworth Wakefield

Among other exhibits there are of course many prieces by Hepworth herself at The Hepworth Wakefield.

These are typical Hepworth sculpted forms:-

Barbara Hepworth Sculptures, The Hepworth Wakefield

The Hepworth Wakefield, Barbara Hepworth Sculptures

To left and centre; Two Forms and Three Oblique Forms:-

Barbara Hepworth Sculptures, The Hepworth Wakefield

To right above; Three Hemispheres:-

The Hepworth Wakefield, Barbara Hepworth Sculptures

Maquette for Sculpture for Waterloo Bridge:-

Barbara Hepworth Maquette, The Hepworth Wakefieldculptures 5

Winged Figure:-

Winged Figure, Barbara Hepworth Sculpture, The Hepworth Wakefield

The Hepworth Wakefield

We had an overnight stop at Wakefield on the way back up from Bath so that we could go to The Hepworth Wakefield. It was built in commemoration of artist/sculptor Barbara Hepworth who was born in the town. As well as many of her works it now houses the municipal art collection started in 1923.

The building stands by the River Calder and was designed by British architect David Chipperfield.

The Hepworth Wakefield

From over River Calder:-

The Hepworth Wakefield

From walkway over the river:-

The Hepworth Wakefield

Entrance and rear:-

The Hepworth Wakefield, Entrance

I took a video of the weir from the main road bridge:-

Roman Remains, Bath

A mosaic floor found in the Roman Baths, Bath:-

Roman Mosaic, Bath

Horse sculpture:-

Horse Sculpture , Roman Baths, Bath

Reconstructed and coloured sculpture. The fragments in relief (found on the site) were on display elsewhere but this is how they would have appeared in Roman times:-

Reconstructed and Coloured Sculpture at Roman Baths, Bath

Sculpture fragments:-

Sculpture Fragments, Roman Baths, Bath

Reconstructed altar:-

Roman Stones  + Pediment, Bath

Video representing a sculptor of Roman times. In foreground are examples and reconstructions of the work.

Video representing a Sculptor of Roman Times

The Hauntings

The Hauntings is a sculpture of a soldier, made from scrap metal. From 1/7/23 to 12/11/23 it was in the grounds of The Black Watch Museum in Perth but has since moved on. (The museum, housed in Balhousie Castle is a regular haunt of ours as it has a very good café.)

The sculpture was commissioned for the centenary of The Great War and made by metal sculpture specialists, Dorset Forge and Fabrication, “a combination of the talents of blacksmith Chris Hannam and artist Martin Galbavy.”

Sculpture with Balhousie Castle in background:-

The Hauntings Sculpture, 2

The Hauntings Sculpture

Side view:-

The Hauntings Sculpture 4

Reverse view. The memorial in the background here I featured in 2019:-

The Hauntings Sculpture 3

I noted the jerry can on the soldier’s right hip. Jerry cans were a World War 2 phenomenon. Not that that matters.

Hook of Holland Again

Our last stp in the Netherlands last year was at the Hook of Holland Stena Line Ferry Terminal,

Fortunately the queue for boarding had me stopped right at the facade of the old terminal building which I had before only managed to photograph obliquely or from a distance.

Facade:-

Facade, Stena Line Building Hook of Holland

Roof sculpture:-

Sculpture on Stena Line Building Hook of Holland

Sculpture, Architecture and an Oddity, Arnhem

Public sculpture seems to be a feature of The Netherlands. This sculpture lay to the east of John Frost Bridge:-

Sculpture to Est of John Frost Bridge

Just to the northeast of the bridge this building had a model cow on its roof:-

Cow on Roof, near John Frost Bridge

Closer View:-

Arnham, Cow on Roof, Closer View

This building was very 1950s-60s in style:-

Building near John Frost Bridge, Arnhem

An impressive looking church in Arnhem:-

A Church In Arnhem

 

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (vi)

One of the oddest things we saw in the Rijksmuseum was this display of woollen hats:-

Woollen Hats, Rijksmuseum

A unique harpsichord he only surviving one of its type which plays one-fifth above normal pitch. Made by the Ruckers family from Flanders:-

Harpsichord, Rijksmuseum

The top floor of the museum is reserved for more modern exhibits. This biplane was designed during the Great War by Dutchman Frits Koolhoven for the British Aeronautical Transport Company:-

Biplane, Rijksmuseum

There was a chess set whose pieces looked like Great War crested china memorabilia but was designed by German Georg Fuhg “to glorify Nazi Germany’s urge to conquer.” It was shown in the Rijksmuseum in 1941 exhibition Kunst der Front organised by the occupier. The text in the border refers to countrie soccupied by Germany in 1939 and 1940:-

Chess Pieces, Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum, Chess Pieces

A cloth book for children which, as I recall, was made during the German occupation:-

Cloth Book, Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum, Cloth Book

Plaster model for the sculpture The Destroyed City by Ossip Zadkine, made to commemorate the bombing of Rotterdam in 1940. Zadkine said of it “I have sculpted tears.”:-

Destroyed City, Sculpture, Rijksmuseum

 

 

 

Random Photos Taken in Edinburgh

Roof Detail of new W Hotel, in St James Quarter, Edinburgh. For obvious reasons the building has become known as the Turd:-

A Coil on a Roof

Thistle sculpture on Market Street – just along from the City Arts Centre:-

Thistle Sculpture

Art Deco style flats on Colinton Road:-

Art Deco Style Flats, Edinburgh

Art Deco Flats, Colinton Road, Edinburgh

Horse and Dray Sculpture, Sunderland

This is Gan Canny. (It’s by Ray Lonsdale, the same artist who conceived Tommy at Seaham.)

Sunderland, Gan Canny, Reverse View

Gan Canny, Sunderland

Seemingly inspired by a poem:-

Gan Canny Poem

Gan Canny Sculpture, Sunderland

Gan Canny

Jupiter Artland

As it was our anniversary on Monday we decided to visit Jupiter Artland, a Sculpture Park and Art venue near Wilkieston in West Lothian.

At present it is hosting an exhibition of paintings/drawings by Tracey Emin under the collective title “I Lay Here For You.” These smaller works were split between the Ballroom and an exhibition space in the Park’s Steadings. I must say I’m not taken with Emin’s painting/drawing skills. The best bit about the Ballroom was the building’s ceiling.

Jupiter Artland Ballroom Ceiling

The garden outside the Ballroom was pleasantly planted:-

Jupiter Artland, Ballroom Garden

There’s what looks like a paddling pool in the grounds. It’s not really. There are signs asking you to stay on the black area for a start. The estate’s “Big House” is in the background here:-

Jupiter Artland Paddling Pool

We also partook of lunch in the café. The menu was abit pretentious but the food was good.

On the way in you drive past some Charles Jencks landforms called Cells of Life. Below is a stitch from four photos:-

Jupiter Artland, Charles Jencks Landforms

Closer view of Charles Jencks landforms at Jupiter Artland with a red bridge in middle distance:-

Jupiter Artland, Charles Jencks landforms + Red Bridge

In our later stroll through the grounds we came closer to that bridge. It’s named Only Connect and is by Ian Hamilton Findlay:-

Jupiter Artland, Red Bridge

Red Bridge at Jupiter Artland

The Quarry by Phyllida Barlow. The colours on the columns are a bit faded but reminded me of totem poles:-

"The Quarry," Jupiter Artland

The Rose Walk is by Pablo Bronstein:-

The Rose Walk, Jupiter Artland,

Jupiter Artland, The Rose Walk 3

The Rose Walk at Jupiter Artland

One of the installations is Weeping Girls, created by Laura Ford. I didn’t photgraph that one as I found the figures rather creepy.

Signpost to Jupiter. I note the distance is given in USian. (Since a meter is a measuring device not a length the better spelling is kilometres):-

Signpost to Jupiter, Jupiter Artland

There is a Tracey Emin sculpture titled I Lay Here for You in the grounds.I Lay Here For You at Jupiter Artland

Jupiter Artland, Bomb Sculpture

To give some idea of the location here is a phptgraph of three bridges across the River Forth as seen from Jupiter Artland. The Forth Bridge (right,) The Forth Road Bridge (centre,) The Queensferry Crossing (left.)

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