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8 June – 22 Sep 2024Ìý
The Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Drawings GalleryÌýÌý

This focused exhibition considers Henry Moore51²è¹Ý¶ù (1898 – 1986) celebrated Shelter drawings as the point of departure for a new reading of the artist51²è¹Ý¶ù fascination with images of the wall, during and immediately after World War II.

From the London Underground, where Moore drew figures sheltering from the bomb raids, the walls of these spaces came to absorb his attention in an altogether new way, becoming scene-setters, and key components of his drawings. This fascination with the bricks and the presence of walls, their texture, mass and volume, became especially important after his project to illustrate the wartime radio play The Rescue, based on Homer51²è¹Ý¶ù Odyssey.Ìý

Henry Moore: Shadows on the Wall, a collaboration with the Henry Moore Foundation, suggests for the first time that the walls in his drawings offer a new way to understand some of his most individual and monumental Post-War sculpture projects.Ìý

The programme of displays in the Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Drawings Gallery is generously supported by the International Music and Art Foundation, with additional support from James Bartos.Ìý

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