{"id":1728,"date":"2015-04-26T17:40:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T17:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:28:30","slug":"yorkshire-sculpture-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/?p=1728","title":{"rendered":"Yorkshire Sculpture Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday saw my first visit to Yorkshire Sculpture Park.\u00a0The park is a delight, even in the rain! Works by Brtish and international artists abound and seem to be perfectly situated within the stunning surroundings of the park. Pieces by Moore, Hepworth, Caro, Goldsworthy and Long, plus many others impress through their scale, affinity with the landscape and how they interact with light.<\/p>\n<p>After previous visits to The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and parks in south London where I used to live, I was quite familiar with some of the work of Barbara Hepworth. In the park setting however, the sculptures come alive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1731\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1440-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Moore. Draped Seated Woman, 1957-58\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Moore. Draped Seated Woman, 1957-58<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1460.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1732\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1460-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"James Capper. Tread Pad pair 1, 2013\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>James Capper. Tread Pad pair 1, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1465.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1733\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1465-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Antony Gormley. One and Other, 2000\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Antony Gormley. One &amp; Other, 2000<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1734\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1472-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Price. Network, 2013\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Tom Price. Network, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1493.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1735\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1493-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Magdelena Abakanowicz, Ten Seated Figures, 2010\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Magdalena Abakanowicz. Ten Seated Figures, 2010<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1736\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1501-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Magdelena Abakanowicz, Ten Seated Figures, 2010\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1737\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1508-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Eduardo Paolozzi. Collage City, 1975\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eduardo Paolozzi. Collage City, 1975<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1513.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1738\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1513-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Marialuisa Todei. Night and Day, 2009\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Maraluisa Todei. Night and Day, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1535.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1739\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1535-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Hepworth. The Family of Man, 1970\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Barbara Hepworth. The Family of Man, 1970<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1538.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1743\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1538-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Elisabeth Frink. Riace II, III, and IV\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Elisabeth Frink. Riace II, III and IV<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1544.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1740\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1544-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Elisabeth Frink. Riace II, III, and IV\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1554.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1741\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1554-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Joan Miro. Tete de femme (D\u00e9esse)\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Joan Miro. Tete de Femme, 1970<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1559.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1742\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1559-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Moore. Large Reclining Figure, 1984\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Moore. Large Reclining Figure, 1984<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For me YSP will be well worth more visits in the future. On a different day, with different light, the works will look different again. In addition, I know that there are some hidden pieces in the park \u2013 did I just see the feet of a\u00a0giant figure protruding from a bush?<\/p>\n<p>I ended my visit with a look at the current major exhibition,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ysp.co.uk\/whats-on\/this-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Henry Moore: Back to a Land&#8217;<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>The show extends throughout the whole of the impressive Underground Gallery and features many mid-size sculptures in marble and fibreglass. Most fascinating of all to me though, were some small-scale maquettes and lithograph prints of Moore&#8217;s trip to Stonehenge in 1973. Around 40 images, drawn largely in the deepest charcoal, revealed both a obsessive fascination with recording the stones from every conceivable angle, and Moore&#8217;s brilliance as an artist. The prints, whilst impressive in their mark-making and detail up close, became even more so from a distance, where the contrast in areas of light and shade rendered the sheer bulk of the stones in a very immediate way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/henry_moore_P02175_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1744\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/henry_moore_P02175_10-1024x741.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Moore. Stonehenge III, 1973. \u00a9Tate\" width=\"940\" height=\"680\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Moore. Stonehenge III, 1973. \u00a9Tate<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/henry_moore_P02176_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1745\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/henry_moore_P02176_10-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Moore. Stonehenge IV, 1973. \u00a9Tate\" width=\"940\" height=\"666\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Moore. Stonehenge IV, 1973. \u00a9Tate<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>YSP was such a treat, I may return for a second visit this summer. Amazing!<\/p>\n<p><script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday saw my first visit to Yorkshire Sculpture Park.\u00a0The park is a delight, even in the rain! 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