Obedience and Defiance, is an exhibition of Paula Rego's works spanning her entire career since the 1960s; her first major retrospective in England for over 20 years. The exhibition includes previously unseen paintings and works on paper from the artist’s family and close friends, which reflect Rego’s perspective as a woman immersed in urgent social […]
This exhibition, Iris, takes its name from the artist’s late maternal grandmother and reflects on the ideas surrounding how the iris works, moving from the intimate and unspoken to the communal, […]
Dineo Seshee Bopape addresses politics, race, spirituality, gender and sexuality in her ambitious large scale installations which are created with using sound, found objects and moving image. Sedibeng, it comes […]
We will start at Victoria Miro where gallery director Paula Sankoff will guide us through the Howardena Pindell exhibition. Pindell is a black American painter and mixed media artist who addresses the intersecting issues of racism, feminism, violence, slavery and exploitation. An art curator, gallery owner and professor, Pindell was part of NMWA's 2017 exhibition, "Magnetic Fields". […]
An exhibition of exquisite new work by Merete Rasmussen, who is known for her signature abstract ceramic and bronze forms, which are brought to life with bold, bright colours in this highly anticipated show.
Susan Cianciolo presents an installation, God Life: Modern House on Land Outside Gate that draws viewers into her unique creative world. It draws together elements inspired by craft, fashion and […]
The relevance of image and gesture in the digital age and the relation between 2D and 3D materiality all come under scrutiny in Reckless Rawness, an exhibition about peripheral territories. […]
Nina Royle presents a new body of work, exploring the relationship between water, sight and the nature of images.
Command Lines is a theatrical installation of sculpture, performance and animation by artist Candida Powell-Williams. The works re-imagine the iconic tarot as a three-dimensional experiment in symbolism, action, story-telling and magical […]
Madge Gill was born in Walthamstow and spent most of her years living in East London. A self-taught, visionary artist, she created meticulous artworks, many of which were created while “possessed” by Myrninerest, her spirit-guide. This landmark exhibition is the most comprehensive survey of Gill’s work to date, bringing together drawings, large-scale embroideries, textiles and […]
For Yorkshire Sculpture International, Nairy Baghramian displays works from her Maintainers series, recent sculptures that combine aluminium casts, coloured wax and lacquer painted braces with cork. The resolute materiality of each independent element is seemingly contradicted by the tentative physical relationships between them, which suggest the possibility of continuous rearrangement.
Renowned sculptor Phyllida Barlow is the ‘provocateur’ for the Yorkshire Sculpture International 2019. As provocateur, in 2018, she proposed a series of thought-provoking statements. The festival explores one of the most compelling of these – ‘Sculpture is the most anthropological of the art forms’. The exhibitions and new commissions in Yorkshire Sculpture International are all […]
Working almost entirely in figurative sculpture, Huma Bhabha’s approach is unconventional and cross-cultural, making connections between histories, languages and civilisations. Huma Bhabha is making her first public realm commission in the UK for Yorkshire Sculpture International, which will be on display in Wakefield city centre for the duration of the festival. Assembled and carved from […]
Ayşe Erkmen’s sculptural practice transforms environments as she responds to a particular place through eye catching site-specific interventions that draw our attention to locations and things that are often overlooked […]
Tamar Harpaz’s work will be on display at the Henry Moore Institute during Yorkshire Sculpture International. Harpaz is best known for sculptures that use light, mirrors, and lenses to create uncanny optical illusions. Combined into meandering installations, they unfold into narratives that touch on the cinematic and spectacular, but lay bare the simple mechanisms of […]
Rachel Harrison’s work draws from a wide range of influences, combining art historical and pop cultural references through a diverse assemblage of materials. For Yorkshire Sculpture International, she exhibits a group of works that relate to the body.
Inspired by anthropology, linguistics and archaeology Maria Loboda unravels the assignation of meaning to symbols and objects throughout history, re-imagining them into new combinations. For Yorkshire Sculpture International Loboda has created a number of lamps, inspired by a 1920s French design, each encasing select insects. Titled The Chosen, each is a reminder of the human implications and […]
Joanna Piotrowska’s work examines the complex power dynamics and psychological effects of human relationships. For Yorkshire Sculpture International, Piotrowska developed a new project based on a selection of her series […]
Cauleen Smith is an interdisciplinary artist best known for her work in film. Reactivating archives and harnessing the possibilities of imagination, her work especially addresses issues faced by black women today.
Nobuko Tsuchiya uses a variety of media to create imaginative sculptures that evoke an arresting narrative quality. Her work incorporates found household objects including mop buckets, table legs, rags and plastic tubing. Her enigmatic sculptures resemble minimalist mechanisms devoid of function, primitive robots, or curious experiments.