{"id":1982,"date":"2018-12-02T17:45:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T17:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?p=1982"},"modified":"2025-02-14T18:36:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T18:36:01","slug":"groundbreaking-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/groundbreaking-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking Sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1985\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0255-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1985\" class=\"wp-image-1985 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0255-s-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0255-s-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0255-s-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0255-s-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0255-s.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fisheater, Lynn Chadwick, 1951<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Figure Totem Beast: Sculpture in Britain in the 1950s<\/strong> is the name of a current exhibition at Tate Britain. It is noteworthy because the sculptures were made in the time after the Second World War where a growing optimism of a more humane society was contrasted with the fears of nuclear development in the Cold War.&nbsp;These opposing elements are explored through pieces in isolation, with couples or in groups. The pieces are dynamic and full of energy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1993\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0306-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1993\" class=\"wp-image-1993 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0306-s-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0306-s-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0306-s.jpg 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynn Chadwick, Conjunction, 1953<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New methods and materials of working 3 dimensionally and carving through space were used and developed. Prominent was the use of welding and iron.<\/p>\n<p>Lynn Chadwick learnt to weld in order to execute <em>The Fisheater<\/em>. An enormous skeletal free-standing mobile. One of his first. The lunging part of the sculpture is both sinister and beautiful with its graceful and delicate moving elements.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In <em>Conjunction<\/em>, Chadwick uses the new technique forming the outline of planes with welded metal and filling them with a plaster\/iron mix now rusted to give the desired effect. It is also one of his first depictions of the human couple.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Unknown Political Prisoner<br \/>\n<\/strong>Part of the display consists of entries to an international competition to design a monument to &#8216;The Unknown Political Prisoner&#8217;. Organised by London&#8217;s Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1952, 3,500 artists from 57 countries entered. Although there was no apparent political bias, no entries came from east block countries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1986\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0252-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1986\" class=\"wp-image-1986 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0252-s-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0252-s-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0252-s.jpg 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reg Butler, Working Model for &#8216;The Unknown Political Prisoner&#8217; 1955-56<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Grand Prize went to Reg Butler. His planned 300 foot monument rising from a rock foundation was never realised.<\/p>\n<p>Entries by Bernhard Heiliger (West Germany),&nbsp; Luciano Minguzzi (Italy) and F.E. MacWilliam (Britain) were short-listed. The maquettes can be seen in the exhibition. A compelling maquette by Geoffrey Clarke is also shown. However, he entered a different model into the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Human experience is transferred into animals creating symbolic totems in works by Elisabeth Frink, Henry Moore and others.<\/p>\n<p>This exhibition is a wide ranging, thoughtful, exceptional collection of 3 dimensional work that is well worth exploring and absolutely essential for anyone interested in sculpture, British or otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Tate Britain until 4 February 2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/whats-on\/tate-britain\/exhibition\/figure-totem-beast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figure Totem Beast: Sculpture in Britain in the 1950s is the name of a current exhibition at Tate Britain. 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